Vietnam, Japan PMs discuss cooperation ahead of ASEAN Summit
(VOVworld)- On Friday, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the 27th ASEAN Summit and related meetings.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discuss cooperation ahead of ASEAN Summit |
During the meeting, the two Prime Ministers highlighted the development of the bilateral strategic partnership. They discussed ways to accelerate the implementation of Vietnam’s industrialization strategy within the Vietnam-Japan cooperation framework and the common and long-term vision of Vietnam-Japan agricultural cooperation. They agreed to further cooperation in support industry, human resource training, nuclear power and education. The leaders concurred in speeding up the project of the Vietnam – Japan University so that it can be carried out in 2016. The two PMs agreed to strengthen cooperation within the framework of the 110 billion USD credit plan announced by the Japanese leader in May this year to the development of high quality infrastructure in Asia. Prime Minister Abe announced Japan will continue providing official development assistance (ODA) worth 172 billion JPY (1.4 billion USD), bringing total Japanese ODA for Vietnam to a record 300 billion JPY (2.5 billion USD) in fiscal year 2015. Shinzo Abe said the continued ODA would be for three projects of Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 01 from Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien, Thai Binh Thermal Power Plant and the project to clean the water environment of the city.
The two Prime Ministers stressed the need to strengthen cooperation at multilateral forums and international cooperation mechanisms, accelerate the adoption of the TPP, the negotiation on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, and seek to reach agreements at the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention of the United Nations on climate change coming up in Paris, France. They highlighted the importance of ensuring peace, freedom, security and safety of navigation and aviation in the East Sea in line with international law and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the DOC and the establishment of the COC.