Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and new Vietnamese leader To Lam confirmed on Tuesday that their countries will continue to strengthen economic partnerships and promote people-to-people exchanges, Kyodo News reported on Sept. 3.
During the teleconference, the leaders agreed to develop cooperation in new areas such as digitalization and decarbonization, as well as strengthen cooperation through Japan’s official development assistance to improve the business environment, according to Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Kishida congratulated Lam on her inauguration in early August as head of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the country’s highest office. She replaced Nguyen Phu Trong, who died in July.
They also pledged to cooperate closely on security issues and strengthen ties “for the sake of peace and stability in the region and the international community,” the ministry said.
In recent years, Japan has sought to strengthen security ties with Southeast Asian countries given China’s growing military presence in the region, where Vietnam is among countries whose territorial claims in the South China Sea overlap with Beijing’s.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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