Tokyo, Nov. 9 -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam met Chairwoman of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Obuchi Yuko and its 20 key leaders in Tokyo on November 9, as part of his official Japan visit.

The alliance leaders included Minister of Finance Katayama Satsuki, Minister of Agriculture Takebe Arata and other Japanese lawmakers.

General Secretary and President Lam praised the alliance's role in and active contributions to building political trust, boosting cooperation between the two parliaments as well as locality-to-locality and people-to-people exchanges.

He lauded generations of alliance leaders, especially its former Chairman Nikai Toshihiro and Special Ad...