(VOVworld) - Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung met with Speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives Tadamori Oshima on Monday while attending the 4^th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in New York. Hung urged the two nations to continue holding high-level meetings on a regular basis and ramp up exchange activities between the two parliaments and their representatives as well as the friendship parliamentarians’ unions to further strengthen the bilateral strategic partnership. He asked for the support of the National Diet of Japan in implementing signed economic agreements and continued official development assistance from the Japanese Government to help Vietnam become an industrialized nation by 2020.

NA Chairman meets Japanese parliament speaker in New York

Hung said Vietnam maintains its stance of settling East Sea disputes via peaceful means in accordance with international law and hopes involved parties will soon agree upon a Code of Conduct (COC) in the East Sea. He sincerely thanked Japan and its National Diet for support in this matter.

Speaker Oshima hailed the strong development of the Extensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia between Vietnam and Japan and reaffirmed that Japan treasures its relationship with Vietnam—which is regarded as a key focus in its external policies.

Earlier, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung visited the staff of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations and congratulated them on the occasion of the 70^th founding anniversary of Vietnam’s diplomatic sector (August 28, 1945). He said he hopes the mission will work tirelessly to unite the overseas Vietnamese community in New York and encourage them to contribute to Vietnam’s development.