Hanoi, Sept. 3 -- Vietnam regards Japan as one of its most important and long-term strategic partners and a trusted companion in the new era of development, National Assembly (NA) Vice President Nguyen Thi Thanh said while receiving Saito Hiroaki, a member of the Japanese House of Representatives and Chair of its Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, together with lawmakers from Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and Centrist Reform Alliance, in Hanoi on September 3. At the meeting, Thanh emphasised that Japan continues to be Vietnam's number-one partner in providing non-refundable aid in education and healthcare. Cooperation between the two parliaments remains close, with diverse areas of collaboration and flexib...