Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs hails relations with Vietnam
The Japan-Vietnam relations have been thriving across all fields including politics, culture, economy and people-to-people exchange, Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Miyake Shingo has affirmed.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) made an official visit to Japan last month, during which he joined talks with his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – The Japan-Vietnam relations havebeen thriving across all fields including politics, culture, economy and people-to-peopleexchange, Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Forei💫gn Affairs Miyake Shingohas affirmed.
He made the remark in an interview to the VietnamNews Agency’s correspondent in Tokyo on the occasion of Vietnam’s First NationalConference on Foreign Affairs. The deputy minister said VietnamesePrime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made an official visit to Japan last month during which he joined talks with his Japanese counterpart KishidaFumio, becoming the first foreign leader that Japanese PM Kishida has hostedafter he took office. Miyake voiced a hope that Japan and Vietnam in the comingtime will continue with their close economic cooperation and work together to promote a free and openIndo-Pacific.
Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Miyake Shingo (Photo: VNA)
Earlier, speaking at the Vietnam Festival 2021, he saidabout 450,000 Vietnamese are living in Japan, and the name Vietnam has become familiar to Japanese. Vietnamese dishes are also popular among local people. Former General Secretary of the Japan-Vietnam FriendshipAssociation Motoyoshi Ryokichi stated that the two countries’ relations are basedon trust, and there are various potential fields for bilateral cooperation amid arising global issues. Vietnam offered face masks and protective equipment for Japanwhen COVID-19 first broke out and the latter presented COVID-19 vaccine to theSoutheast Asian nation afterward, which vividly reflected the trustful ties between the two countries, he said./.
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Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) made an official visit to Japan last month, during which he joined talks with his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio (Photo: VNA) 
Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Miyake Shingo (Photo: VNA) 
