Hanoi, Nov. 11 -- The official visit to Japan by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam from November 8-11 achieved important results amid a new stage of development in bilateral relations and rapid, complex developments in the regional and international situation, Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung has said.

In an interview with the press on the visit's major outcomes, Trung said that the Japanese Imperial Family, Government and Diet had given General Secretary and President Lam, his spouse and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation a solemn and warm welcome, demonstrating sincere affection and special courtesies. This reflected Japan's high regard for Vietnam's position a...