Coast guard forces of Vietnam, Japan strengthen cooperation
Major General Vu Trung Kien, Deputy Commander in charge of law of the Vietnam Coast Guard and Vice Commandant Watanabe Yasunori of the Japan Coast Guard co-chaired the 10th bilateral meeting between the two forces in Tokyo on December 20.
An overview of the 10th bilateral meeting between Vietnam Coast Guard and Japan Coast Guard (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – Major🦄 General Vu TrungKien, Deputy Commander in charge of law of the Vietnam Coast Guard and Vice Commandant WatanabeYasunori of the Japan Coast Guard co-chaired the 10th bilateralmeeting between the two forces in Tokyo on December 20.
This is one of thelast events of a series of cooperative activities this year to mark the 50thanniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic relations, the 75th anniversary of thetraditional day of the Japan Coast Guard and 25 years of the traditional day of the Vietnam Coast Guard. It is held within the framework of a working trip to Japan by Vietnam Coast Guard delegation from December 19-22. At the meeting, the two sides reviewed their cooperative activities, including sending ships to visit each other andcoordinating in non-combat exercises at sea, exchanging high-level delegations, completing procedures for a project on improving maritime law enforcement capacity for theVietnam Coast Guard funded by Japan and the 10th bilateral meeting between thetwo forces. Major General Kien emphasised thatall cooperation activities between the two forces in 2023 have been carried outseriously and effectively, thus helping the Vietnam Coast Guard and Japan CoastGuard improve law enforcement capacity at sea. He underlined that in the joint statement on upgrading the Vietnam-Japan relations to a "Comprehensivestrategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia and the world", the two sides agreed to bolster cooperation inmaritime security and safety through the enhancement of cooperation activities, including joint trainings, informationsharing, and capacity building between the Coast Guards from both sides. This is clear evidence that the leaders of Vietnamand Japan acknowledged the sound cooperative relationship between the two coast guard forcesand want to develop this cooperative relationship in thefuture to join hands to build safe, peaceful,cooperative and friendship maritime areas, he said. The two sides agreed on cooperative activities in2024, including organising the 11th bilateral meeting between the two forces inVietnam. During its stay in Japan, the Vietnam Coast Guarddelegation paid a courtesy visit to the Commander of the Japan Coast Guard, metthe former Deputy Commander of the Japanese Coast Guard and visited a number ofunits and ships of Yokohama Coast Guard Station./.
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An overview of the 10th bilateral meeting between Vietnam Coast Guard and Japan Coast Guard (Photo: VNA) 
