Tokyo, March 10 -- Special Advisor to the Japan - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Takebe Tsutomu has highlighted the critical role of national legislatures and bilateral parliamentary cooperation in ensuring the sustainable development of broader relations between the two countries.

Talking with Vietnam News Agency reporters based in Tokyo ahead of Vietnam's election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly (NA) and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2030 tenure, Takebe, who is also former Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, affirmed that collaboration between the Vietnamese NA and Japan's National Diet provides a solid legal and budgetary foundation for inter-governmental diplomatic agreement...