(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived at Hiroshima Airport on Friday, beginning a three-day trip to attend the expanded Summit of the Group of Seven (G7) and pay a working visit to Japan at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio.
 Hiroshima prefecture Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki welcomes Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. Photo: VOV
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Welcoming PM Chinh and the Vietnamese delegation at the airport were Japanese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yamada Kenji, Governor of Hiroshima prefecture Hidehiko Yuzaki, and Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Pham Quang Hieu, among others.
According to the expanded G7 Summit agenda, the Vietnamese PM will attend discussion sessions and contribute ideas on security, sustainable development, health cooperation, climate change response, the environment, and energy.
 Officials and staff of the Embassy and the Vietnamese community in Japan welcome the Prime Minister and his entourage. Photo: VOV
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During the working visit to Japan, PM Chinh will hold talks with his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio to discuss bilateral cooperation, as well as regional and international issues of mutual concern.
He is set to attend and deliver a speech at a seminar with leaders of large Japanese enterprises; receive representatives of economic organizations, corporations and big enterprises of Japan; and meet with representatives of the Vietnamese community and intellectuals in Japan.