Hanoi, March 10 -- Vietnam places great importance on Japan and considers it one of its leading strategic partners, Le Minh Hung, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the committee's Organisation Commission, said on March 10.

During a meeting with Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance (JVPFA), Hung welcomed the strong, substantive and comprehensive progress in the Vietnam-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in recent years. He also thanked Takebe for his longstanding efforts to foster bilateral friendship and cooperation, particularly in cultural exchange, people-to-people contacts, local-level cooperation and human resource development.

Hung congratulated Japan's ru...