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Nov 21, 2015 / 14:06

Vietnam provided record 2.5 billion USD from Japan's ODA in fiscal year 2015

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on November 20 on the sidelines of the 27th ASEAN Summit and related high-level meetings to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

At the meeting, Prime Ministers Nguyen Tan Dung and Shinzo Abe shared the view that the strategic partnership between the two countries has developed practically and effectively. 
 
Prime Minster Nguyen Tan Dung (L) and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in Kuala Lumpur
Prime Minster Nguyen Tan Dung (L) and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in Kuala Lumpur
The two sides agreed to strengthen investment and trade cooperation, boosting the realisation of the medium- and long-term vision for agricultural cooperation and promoting cooperation in nuclear energy, especially in building Ninh Thuan 2 nuclear power plant.
Regarding educational cooperation, the two leaders agreed to promote the implementation of Vietnam - Japan University project soon in 2016.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Shinzo Abe informed the Vietnamese leader that Japan will continue providing the continued official development assistance (ODA) worth 172 billion JPY (1.4 billion USD) for three projects of Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 01 from Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien, Thai Binh Thermal Power Plant and the project to clean the water environment of the city, bringing total Japanese ODA for Vietnam to a record 300 billion JPY (2.5 billion USD) in fiscal year 2015. 
The two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation within the framework of the 110 billion USD credit plan announced by the Japanese leader in May this year to the development of high quality infrastructure in Asia. 
The two Prime Ministers agreed to continue close cooperation at multilateral forums and mechanisms for international cooperation, promote the ratification and implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, the negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, seek to reach agreements at the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention of the United Nations on climate change coming up in Paris, France. 
The two leaders also exchanged views on international issues and areas of mutual interest, emphasising the importance of ensuring peace, freedom, security and safety of navigation and aviation on the basis of international law and the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea in 1982, the enforcement of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea, the Code of Conduct to be achieved, and not militarising the East Sea. 
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe accepted the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to visit Vietnam soon.