Vietnamese, Japanese leaders witness exchange of cooperation deals
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| Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae witness the exchange of cooperation documents between Việt Nam and Japan. VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất |
TOKYO — General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee and President Tô Lâm and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae witnessed the exchange of nine cooperation documents out of 11 signed in total in Tokyo on Monday evening (local time), as part of the top Vietnamese leader’s official visit to Japan.
The package spans power, education, nuclear, artificial intelligence (AI), marine policy, environment, law and intellectual property.
It includes a Framework Agreement on facilitating the implementation of projects using Japanese non-refundable aid in Việt Nam; a loan agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the construction of the Ô Môn 3 Thermal Power Plant; an Exchange of Notes (E/N) with Japan on an official development assistance (ODA) loan for the construction of Việt Nam-Japan University; the Việt Nam-Japan Technical Cooperation Programme for fiscal year 2025-2026; an agreement between the Vietnamese and Japanese Governments on the development of Việt Nam-Japan University in Việt Nam; and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on nuclear power cooperation.
Others are a cooperation agreement between Việt Nam's Ministry of Science and Technology and Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on research and development cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI); a MoU between Việt Nam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and Japan's Cabinet Office on cooperation in maritime and ocean policy; an MoU between Việt Nam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and Japan's Ministry of the Environment on environmental cooperation; the JICA-funded agreement on further enhancing the quality and effectiveness of lawmaking and law enforcement in Việt Nam for the 2027-2030 period; and an MoU on accelerated patent examination between the Intellectual Property Office of Việt Nam and the Japan Patent Office. — VNA/VNS
