Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Pham Quang Hieu on November 12 presented Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's Certificates of merit to Yoichiro Aoyagi, a member of the Japanese House of Representatives, and the organizing board of the Vietnam Festival at Yoyogi Park for their contributions to Vietnam-Japan relations.

The elevation of the Vietnam-Japan relationship to a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World” serves as an impulse for the bilateral relations to grow further in the time ahead.