Politburo member To Huy Rua, who is also President of the
Vietnamese-Japanese Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group, hosted a
reception in Hanoi on October 30 for visiting former Japanese Prime
Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
Rua spoke highly of
Hatoyama’s active contributions to the two countries’ bilateral
relations which help strengthen and consolidate bilateral cooperation in
the fields of politics, economics-trade, education-training, and
people-to-people exchange.
He congratulated the former PM on receiving the Friendship Order, the Vietnamese State’s noblest honour to foreigners.
Hatoyama, who is also former President of the Japan-Vietnam
Parliamentary Friendship Group, affirmed that in any position he will
continue to pay attention to further developing the Vietnam-Japan
relationship.-VNA