Scholars and researchers from Vietnam and Japan reviewed the
40-year ties between the two countries and shared their outlook on the
future of the relations at an international conference in Hanoi on
September 3.
Speaking at the event, Japanese
Ambassador to Vietnam Tanizaki Yasuaki stressed that the Vietnam-Japan
relations are based on the mutual understanding between the two peoples.
He said the two countries are expected to continue promoting their
strong cooperation on the basis of mutual trust in the future,
especially in the next decade.
The ambassador
particularly noted the need to increase the awareness of young
generations of the ties and boost exchange activities between young
people.
The diplomat affirmed that Japan is
implementing a policy to open its labour market, giving chances for
Vietnamese people to work in Japan, especially in health care.
Forty years after establishing diplomatic ties, Vietnam and Japan
have become strategic partners, enjoying deeper and more comprehensive
cooperation not only in economics but also in various new promising
areas.
During the visit of Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe in January this year, the two governments agreed to lift up
their strategic partnership to a new height and chose 2013 as the
“Vietnam-Japan Friendship Year”, which opened up a new development
period in bilateral ties.
Addressing the conference,
Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Chairman of the Vietnam Academy of Social
Sciences noted that Japan is now one of the major economic partners as
well as one among the three largest export markets of Vietnam.
Japan also leads other foreign investors in Vietnam in terms of
investment disbursement.
Japan is the largest
provider of official development aid (ODA) to Vietnam, accounting
for almost one third of the total foreign aid to the country.
Exchanges between the two sides in culture, science-technology,
education-training and human resource development have also been
enhanced.
During the conference, which is part of
activities to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between
Vietnam and Japan, participants also proposed measures to further boost
the partnership between the two countries in the new period.-VNA