(VOVworld) – President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan received Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarian Alliance Tsutomo Takebe in Hanoi on Tuesday. Mr. Nhan praised the extensive strategic partnership between the two countries in recent years and said Japan will continue to be Vietnam’s leading and long-term partner. He said he hopes relations between the two countries will continue to grow through the coming years.