Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Japan agree to push forward extensive strategic partnership between two countries

Prime Ministers Pham Minh Chinh and Kishida Fumio in a joint photo ahead of their talks in Hanoi on Sunday, May 1 - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, May 1 (Vietnam News/ANN): Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio discussed in depth the Vietnam-Japan bilateral relations and international and regional issues of mutual concern at their talks in Hanoi on May 1.

The two government leaders expressed their joy at the great strides in the Vietnam-Japan relationship and reached overall agreement on the major orientations as well as measures to deepen cooperation in all aspects, thus opening up a new development stage in the extensive strategic partnership between the two countries.