Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide visited Hanoi, officially visiting Vietnam

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and his wife Mariko arrived in Hanoi on the night of October 18 – Photo: VNA

This is Prime Minister Suga’s first overseas trip since he officially replaced former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in mid-September.

Accompanying Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and his wife Suga Mariko on this trip are Deputy Chief of the Cabinet Office of Japan, Sakai Manabu, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mori Takeo, Head of the Secretariat of the National Security Council of Kitamura . Shigeru …

In addition, the Japanese delegation, according to Mr. Suga, also included two special advisers to the Prime Minister, Mr. Izumi Hiroto, Iljima Isao; The prime minister’s executive secretaries include Takaba Yo, Nitta Shobun, Masuda Kazuo, Ohsawa Genichi, and Kadomatsu Takashi.

Observers say Suga’s first choice to visit Vietnam reflects the fact that the Japanese prime minister highly appreciates the Vietnam-Japan bilateral relationship, as well as Vietnam’s role in Japan’s foreign policy. . In 2012, the second time he was elected Prime Minister, Prime Minister Abe also came to Vietnam first.

At the press conference on October 15, spokesman Le Thi Thu Hang stated that Vietnam welcomes the selection of Prime Minister Suga of Vietnam as the first country to visit after taking office.

“This is a clear testimony to the good, solid and substantive development in many fields of the Strategic Deepening Partnership between Vietnam and Japan. We believe the visit will go well, it contributed positively to promoting the Vietnam-Japan strategic partnership, as well as contributing to the recovery and socio-economic development of the two countries after the COVID-19 pandemic, “he said. talk.

According to the official work plan on October 19, Prime Minister Suga will hold talks with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, courtesy of top Vietnamese leaders, and participate in some side events.