Vietnam seeks Japan’s experiences in environmental protection
Hanoi (VNA) - Politburo member Pham Minh Chinh, President of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group, hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 4 for Japanese Deputy Minister of Environment Arata Takebe, who is also Deputy Secretary-General of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance.
Chinh, who is also Secretary of the Communist
Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) and Chairman of the CPVCC’s
Organisation Commission, said he was happy to see that relations between the
two countries’ parliamentarians and the Vietnam-Japan Friendship
Parliamentarians’ Group and the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance
have been nurtured through many generations.
He said Vietnam-Japan ties have enjoyed
strong development with increasing trust between high-ranking officials of the
two countries, adding that close cooperation between the two nation’s
friendship parliamentarian groups in recent years has brought in successes.
The two sides have jointly organised various
cultural exchange activities in both countries and lifted up their voice in
fostering bilateral cooperation in key areas, including economy, trade,
investment, agriculture, security, defence and education-training, he added.
Chinh also expressed his hope that Japan will
share experiences in environmental protection to assist Vietnam’s sustainable
development, as well as provide support in researching and forecasting the
impacts of environment and climate change to the country’s growth.
For his part, Arata Takebe said the two
countries have been cooperating fruitfully in many fields.
He affirmed that Japan is willing to share
experiences to help Vietnam handle social and environmental issues during its
development process.-VNA