Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan congratulates former Japanese Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Matsuda Iwao

(VOVworld) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has praised contributions by expressing his pleasure to former Japanese Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Matsuda Iwao at the bilateral friendship and cooperation.

At a reception for Mr. Iwao in Hanoi on Thursday, Nhan highlighted Iwao’s part in signing the 2006 agreement on science and technology cooperation, and in exchange activities between law makers. He said Iwao’s recommendations for a Vietnam festival in Japan helped to deepen the friendship and mutual understanding between the two peoples.