Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong (R) receives the Japanese Prime Minister’s special envoy Kentaro Sonoura in Hanoi on November 5, 2018. (Photo: VNA)

Mr. Trong made the remark during Monday’s reception in Hanoi for the Japanese Prime Minister’s special envoy Kentaro Sonoura. 

Mr. Sonoura handed over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s letter of congratulations to the chief of the Communist Party of Vietnam on his election as President of Vietnam. 

In the letter, PM Abe expressed his belief that under the leadership of Party General Secretary and President Trong, Vietnam will continue developing prosperously. 

The Vietnamese leader asked the two sides to maintain regular high-ranking visits and meetings so as to enhance political trust; promote economic connectivity through stronger ties in investment, trade, ODA provision, agriculture, and labour; boost locality-to-locality links; step up joint human resources training; and make connections between the countries’ development strategies.

Mr. Sonoura emphasised that Japan highly values Vietnam’s recent development successes, as well as its role and active contributions to international and regional affairs.

He affirmed that his country attaches special importance to its cooperation and friendship with Vietnam, and it will work hard to bring their extensive strategic partnership to a new stage of development.