Tokyo, Nov. 9 -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae met the press in Tokyo on November 9 evening (local time), right after their talks and the handover of Vietnam-Japan cooperation documents, during the Vietnamese leader's official Japan visit.

PM Takaichi recalled her May 2026 Vietnam visit and said the top Vietnamese leader's speech at the National Diet of Japan during this visit has stirred a strong desire to take Japan-Vietnam relations forward together.

She said the Japan - Vietnam Joint Vision Statement announced the same day will lift relations to a new height, and believed that cooperation will develop strongly and outstandingly wi...