Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh pays a visit to the family of late Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. (Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac)

PM Chinh said that when Abe served as Japanese Prime Minister, the Vietnam-Japan relations saw strong developments, especially when the two countries upgraded their relationship to an extensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia in 2014.
The two countries’ recent upgrade of their ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia and the world is an inheritance and continuation of the late PM’s wishes on the development of the bilateral relations, according to Chinh.
Widow Abe Akie said she will continue implementing his will on deepening bilateral friendship and cooperation through activities to promote cultural exchanges, education and charity, and strengthening mutual affection and understanding between the two peoples.