NA Chairman Man reaffirmed that Viet Nam consistently regards Japan as one of its most important and long-term strategic partners and supports the leading role of the ruling LDP. He expressed his hope for closer coordination with the party to further deepen the Viet Nam–Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and effectively implement the agreements reached by the two countries’ high-level leaders during Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s visit to Viet Nam in May.
The top legislator stressed that the Vietnamese NA will continue to support, oversee and provide a favourable legal framework for the effective implementation of these commitments.
Highlighting the substantive progress achieved since the two countries upgraded their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership nearly three years ago, the NA Chairman noted strong growth in official development assistance (ODA), investment, trade and tourism. He thanked Japan for its valuable support in Viet Nam’s socio-economic development, infrastructure construction, legal and institutional development and human resources training, particularly through large-scale ODA-funded infrastructure projects that have become symbols of bilateral friendship.
To further strengthen bilateral ties amid evolving global challenges, he called on Hagiuda and the LDP leadership to continue promoting parliamentary cooperation through regular high-level exchanges and stronger engagement among legislators, particularly young and women parliamentarians and LDP parliamentarians. He also encouraged Japan to support the implementation of large-scale flagship projects in Viet Nam in such areas as digital transformation, green transition, artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors and infrastructure.
The top legislator also proposed continued support for organising Viet Nam–Japan festivals in both countries, as well as local cooperation initiatives, including the second Viet Nam–Japan Local Cooperation Forum in Hue in September and the Viet Nam–Japan Culture Exchange in Can Tho later the same month.
For his part, Hagiuda reaffirmed the LDP’s and the Japanese National Diet’s strong support for expanding practical and comprehensive cooperation with Viet Nam. He underscored Japan’s commitment to accompanying and supporting Viet Nam in achieving its strategic autonomy goals.
Welcoming the appointment of Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Chairman of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee’s Organisation Commission, as Chairman of the Viet Nam–Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group, the guest proposed strengthening exchanges between friendship parliamentarians’ groups of the two countries and establishing a new information-sharing mechanism between the two ruling parties.
He also reaffirmed Japan’s support for implementing a new-generation ODA programme, expanding cooperation in economic security, green transition and AI, and creating favourable conditions for nearly 700,000 Vietnamese people living and working in Japan.
