Tokyo, Nov. 11 -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam and his spouse, Ngo Phuong Ly, met with Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako in Tokyo on November 11. In a warm and friendly atmosphere, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako expressed their pleasure at the positive, substantive and comprehensive development of Vietnam-Japan relations, as well as increasingly vibrant exchanges between the two countries' leaders and people. They recalled memories of the Japanese Imperial Family's close ties with Vietnam and its people through several meaningful visits to Vietnam by members of the Imperial Family, such as the 2017 visit by the then Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko; the 2009 official ...