(VOVworld) - Deputy Minister Vo Tuan Nhan of the Vietnam Ministry of Natural Resources and the Minister of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, Michiyo Kakegawa, met in Hanoi on Wednesday for a high-level bilateral dialogue.

At the conclusion of the dialogue, Deputy Minister Nhan and Minister Kakegawa announced a common view to enhance bilateral and regional environmental collaboration related to mercury, climate change, regional air quality, environmental education, decontamination, children’s environmental health, and environmental impact assessment.

This outcome builds on a history of cooperation on environmental issues between Vietnam and Japan, based on the Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Protection signed in 2013 between the two countries.