Japanese PM Shinzo Abe (Photo: Kyodo/VNA) The only thing that will give the talks meaning is committed and concrete action by Pyongyang to abandon nuclear weapons and missiles in a complete, verifiable and irreversible way,” PM Abe told the NHK broadcaster. The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Unification Ministry Spokesman Baek Tae-hyun said the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) side confirmed its consent to hold talks on January 9th in a notice sent via the communications channel in the “Truce Village” of Panmunjom. The two sides agreed to work on the details of the talks “through the exchange of documents,” adding that agenda items will be “issues related to improving inter-Korean relationships, including the Pyeongchang Olympic Games.” Earlier, the two nations reopened the communication channel that had been shut since 2016, following an offer from the DPRK’s leader Kim Jong-Un to send a team to next month’s Winter Olympics in the RoK. Yoon Young-chan, Senior Press Secretary for RoK President Moon Jae-in, told reporters that the reopening had great meaning, saying it would make regular intra-Korean talks possible./.
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe committed to continued support for strong development in Viet Nam during talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Tokyo on June 6. Japan highly values Viet Nam’s rising role and position in the region and the world, attaching great importance to the relationship with the Southeast Asian country, affirmed PM Abe. He said he will ask Japanese businesses, research institutes and schools to boost cooperation with Viet Nam in a bid to further deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries. PM Abe also affirmed his support for Viet Nam to successfully host the…... [read more]
Mr Abe said his commitment is based on Japan’s strong support for Vietnam’s development goals, particularly in the areas of infrastructure construction and hunger and poverty reduction. Mr Dung thanked Mr Abe for his commitment and said Vietnam will utilize and manage Japan’s aid effectively. Vietnam by PM Abe, describing the visit as an important milestone in the strategic partnership between the two countries. He expressed his hope that the Japanese Government will continue to promote its relations with Vietnam. Vietnam attaches importance to developing friendly and multi-faceted cooperation with Japan,” said Mr Dung. Vietnam on its successful organization of…... [read more]
As Vietnam and Japan have enjoyed sound extensive strategic partnership in various fields with key cooperation in economy, the Prime Minister expressed his hope that Japan will take lead in foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam.He wished that enterprises from the Northeast Asian nation will have more opportunities to invest in the country when the Vietnamese Government is putting forth the equitisation of state-own enterprises and large firms have set up plans to launch initial public offering (IPO).In recent times, shares of giant groups like Vinamilk and Sabeco have been sold successfully to foreign investors, he noted.Isao Iijima, for his…... [read more]
The agreement was reached during high-level talks in Hanoi on July 10 between Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva who made a visit to Vietnam the same day. They said that the two countries should foster bilateral cooperation in the areas of their strengths, including agriculture, aquaculture, human resource development and transport. They agreed to examine the existing cooperation mechanisms to make them more effective. They assigned their ministries and sectors to study and renew the organisation of their joint cabinet meetings and convene a session of the joint sub-committee for trade cooperation at the…... [read more]
At talks with his Norwegian counterpart Erna Solberg on April 17 in Hanoi, PM Dung expressed his hope that the visit by the Norwegian government leader would contribute to elevating the bilateral ties to new heights.Both PMs agreed that the two countries boast great potential and advantages in expanding cooperation for mutual benefit and underlined the need to intensify all-level delegation exchange, continue to carry out existing political dialogue mechanisms, and create the best possible conditions for businesses and investors of both countries to augment cooperation.They agreed to increase cooperation in training activities between universities and research centers, principally in science…... [read more]
