In Tokyo, PM Dũng holds talks with Japanese counterpart
VGP – Sitting for talks with the host counterpart Yukio Hatoyama in Tokyo on Saturday afternoon, PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng hailed the new government of Japan for continuing to offer Việt Nam with big ODA packages.
PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng highly
spoke of the Government of Japan’s initiative to organize the 1st Mekong-Japan
Summit, pledging that Việt Nam will tightly shake hands with
The two PMs exchanged their
opinions on the bilateral ties and some international issues of common concern.
They agreed to further
consolidate and strengthen the strategic partnership between Việt
The leaders pledged to
continue exchanging delegations at all echelons in order to better mutual trust
and understanding.
They agreed to organize the
3rd meeting of the Việt Nam-Japan Cooperation Committee soon to
discuss specific measures for closer comprehensive cooperation.
The government leaders of Việt Nam and Japan hold talks in Tokyo, November 7, 2009 – Photo: VGP |
PM Yukio Hatoyama underlined
that Japan will actively work with Việt Nam in implementing big projects, such
as the North-South Highway, the trans-Việt Nam Express Railway and the Hoà Lạc
Hi-tech Park.
Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Võ Hồng Phúc (L) and Japanese FM Katsuya Okada sign the diplomatic note on an urgent budget aid of US $500 million, in the witness of Vietnamese PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (standing, left) and Japanese PM Yukio Hatoyama (standing, right), Tokyo, November 7, 2009 – Photo: VGP |
After their talks, the two
PMs witnessed the signing of the diplomatic note on an urgent budget aid worth
of US $500 million.
Earlier, on October 26, in
Hà Nội, Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Võ Hồng Phúc and
Japanese Ambassador Sakaba Mitsuo inked a diplomatic note on Japan’s
preferential credits valued US $704 million for Việt Nam.