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Why is Vietnam-Japan cooperation unlimited?

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, before the two leaders begin their talks on the morning of May 1 – Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

Speaking during his visit, Prime Minister Kishida said the cooperation possibilities between Vietnam and Japan have no limits. Many experts also commented with Youth that the two countries have many areas of cooperation together, both bilaterally and multilaterally.

Trust each other

Mr. Michael Thomas Cucek, professor of Asian studies at Temple University (Japan), said that Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to Vietnam demonstrates the Japanese Government’s consolidation of diplomatic priorities, aiming to deepen it. relationships with partners in Southeast Asia.

Cucek said that in the past Japanese prime ministers often visited the US on their first visit, with the goal of ensuring access to the US market and security cooperation. However, since Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s second term in office, Japan has shifted its priority to Southeast Asia in response to common challenges in East Asia. Therefore, two former Japanese prime ministers, Abe and Suga, visited Vietnam on their first trip.

“On this occasion, Vietnam continues to be the destination of Mr. Kishida’s first major trip,” said Mr. Cucek. In addition to Vietnam, Prime Minister Kishida also visited Indonesia and Thailand during this visit.

Sharing her assessment, Ms. Le Thu Huong, a research fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in the US, said that Vietnam is one of the “initial destinations” of Prime Minister Kishida. shows that Hanoi is on the list of priority partners of Tokyo.

Ms. Huong said that the bilateral relationship between Vietnam and Japan is increasingly deepening, including recent technology cooperation. She said that Prime Minister Kishida’s meeting with Vietnamese leaders shows the level of trust in the relationship between the two sides.

On the regional and international scale, Ms. Huong noted that Vietnam and Japan are increasing cooperation in digital transformation, energy transformation, response to climate change, and the Mekong River.

“Vietnam – Japan cooperation is one of the important cooperation, especially when we consider multilateral issues,” she said.

Dr. Satoru Nagao (Hudson Research Institute, USA) said Mr. Kishida’s visit to Vietnam was very successful. Leaders of the two countries agreed on many strategic cooperation, including cooperation in response to COVID-19 (including sharing vaccines), infrastructure investment, increase the number of Japanese enterprises. Version in Vietnam, responding to climate change.

Prospects

Professor Cucek said that in the coming time, Japan will strengthen the encouragement of its companies to invest in Vietnam, both in terms of complementing and replacing Tokyo’s investment in China. In addition, Japan will increase training programs so that Vietnamese workers can make up for the shortage of Japanese workers.

In addition, Mr. Cucek said that Japan will continue to support Vietnam to build the capacity of its forces at sea, able to cope with China’s activities in the East Sea.

From a regional perspective, Japan will work with ASEAN countries to come up with policies to deal with common economic and security challenges, Cucek said.

According to expert Le Thu Huong, Japan and Vietnam can further cooperate on post-COVID-19 recovery efforts and human resources. Capacity building, maritime awareness, and law enforcement at sea are also key areas of cooperation.

Mr. Nagao also forecast that Japan will increase support for Vietnam with equipment to improve maritime capabilities.

Meanwhile, Mr. Yoshikazu, an expert from Rakuten Securities Economic Research Institute (Japan), said that a key issue in the upcoming Vietnam-Japan cooperation is the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Economic Partnership. Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The two sides will face the challenge of considering the accession of new members such as the UK, Korea, Taiwan and especially China.

“This is an important time for the two countries to consider how meaningful and responsible cooperation is in the region,” he said.

According to Yoshikazu, in the context of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, and China’s increasing activities in the East and South China Seas, Prime Minister Kishida wanted to emphasize that Japan and Vietnam can share the same vision and have rules-based activities that support the rules-based and rules-based international order. This has important implications when geopolitical crises extend beyond a single continent and influence each other.

Mr. Kondo Masanori (representative of VAND Creative, Japan):

The visit at a very meaningful time

The relationship between Vietnam and Japan is not only expanded in the economic field, but also in tourism and cultural exchange.

The world is entering the end of a difficult time due to the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic and a new better era is about to begin. Therefore, Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to Vietnam at this time is much more meaningful.

As a representative of a Japanese business investing in Vietnam, I hope that Prime Minister Kishida’s visit will improve relations and tighten the two countries like never before.

We also expect that the two sides will solve the problems they are facing together such as energy, environment, aging population, labor and work towards a better future.

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