(Dan Tri) – International media is especially interested in the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide when he chose Vietnam as the destination for his first foreign trip since taking office.
Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide arrived in Hanoi on the evening of October 18, starting his official visit to Vietnam.
NHK (Japan) reported that Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide arrived in Vietnam on October 18 – the first stop on Mr. Suga’s first trip since he took office.
According to NHK, Prime Minister Suga will have talks with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 19 in Hanoi.
“In his talks with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister Suga hopes to reaffirm Japan’s cooperation with Vietnam in building an open and free Indo-Pacific region based on
According to NHK, Prime Minister Suga also aims to strengthen security cooperation with Vietnam.
In addition, NHK said Prime Minister Suga also wants to promote economic relations with Vietnam.
`Japan hopes to boost the supply chain of masks as well as other goods in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic still breaking out,` NHK reported.
Kyodo news agency (Japan) on October 18 also published an article titled `Mr. Suga comes to Vietnam on his first trip as Prime Minister of Japan`.
According to Kyodo, in meetings with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Prime Minister Suga is expected to step up efforts to build an `open and free Indo-Pacific` region.
“I want to show my determination to contribute to regional peace and prosperity to build an open and free Indo-Pacific region,” Kyodo quoted Prime Minister Suga as telling reporters before he
According to Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, Prime Minister Suga and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc are expected to agree to promote the transfer of medical equipment and other goods in the context of Japan’s desire to diversify the chain.
Kyodo reported that Prime Minister Suga is expected to give a policy speech at Vietnam – Japan University – a school opened in 2016 with capital from both countries.
Hindustan Times newspaper (India) also reported that Vietnam and Indonesia are two stops on the first trip of Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide.
Why choose Vietnam?
Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide stood next to his wife Mariko at the airport in Tokyo as he boarded a plane to leave Japan to begin his official visit to Vietnam.
In an article titled `Why did Japanese Prime Minister Suga choose Vietnam and Indonesia to visit first?`, Xinhua news agency (China) quoted a number of observers saying that Mr.
“Vietnam is the chair of ASEAN this year and is where many Japanese businesses operate, while Indonesia is the most populous country in ASEAN and similar to Japan, Indonesia is also a member of the G20 group of large economies.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the Japanese side hopes that Prime Minister Suga’s trip will attract more interns from Vietnam and Indonesia to Japan as soon as possible, thereby helping to restore the Japanese economy.
Reporting on Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide’s trip, Nikkei news agency (Japan) said that Mr. Suga is the first foreign leader of a major economy to visit Vietnam since the beginning of the pandemic.
“The Japanese leader’s visit will likely push advanced economies to play a greater role in business cooperation with Vietnam, which has a new trade agreement with the European Union and is negotiating
According to Nikkei, the priority agenda during the Japanese Prime Minister’s visit to Vietnam is to promote stronger economic cooperation between the two countries.
Nikkei said Japan is Vietnam’s 4th largest trading partner, after China, the US and South Korea.
According to Nikkei, a temporary difficulty for expanding bilateral business activities between Vietnam and Japan is travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 epidemic.
According to Reuters news agency (UK), Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide also `followed in the footsteps` of his predecessor by choosing two Southeast Asian countries as destinations on his first trip after taking office.
“I think it is important to show that we value this region and we care about the security situation,” Reuters quoted diplomat Kunihiko Miyake, special advisor to Prime Minister Suga, as saying.
Reuters said Prime Minister Suga’s visit took place at the same time Japan made efforts to diversify its supply chain, by bringing production domestically or deploying more in Southeast Asia.
This is especially noteworthy when Vietnam is a popular choice for Japanese businesses.