Hosting JICA President Tanaka Akihiko in Hanoi on Thursday, the Vietnamese PM suggested JICA provide Vietnam with new-generation ODA loans with more favorable terms and flexible procedures and accelerate studies for a budget-support loan in AI and digital transformation, while expanding training programs for leadership and management personnel.
He also proposed JICA coordinate with Vietnamese ministries, sectors and localities to formulate a cooperation portfolio for 2026–2030, accelerate the Vietnam Japan University project, strengthen the trilateral working mechanism involving Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance, the Japanese Embassy and JICA to address bottlenecks affecting projects, propose solutions, and promote cooperation with localities.
Tanaka said JICA has proposed new directions for ODA cooperation with Vietnam in the coming period, concentrating on four pillars – developing high-quality human resources, promoting industrial development and supply chains, strengthening institutional and policy frameworks, and developing infrastructure.
The JICA leader stressed that science and technology are a key area of cooperation between Japan, including JICA, and Vietnam, urging to accelerate the launch of the LOTUSat-1 satellite.
At the meeting, the two sides also discussed measures to speed up several projects, including the Vietnam-Japan University and Hanoi’s Metro Line No. 2's Nam Thang Long – Tran Hung Dao section.
