Top Vietnamese leader, his spouse meet with Japanese Emperor, Empress

The draft law adds provisions on the principles governing its application in cases of legal conflicts between the Law on Food Safety and other laws. It sets out additional obligations for businesses operating through e-commerce, provides for a food safety information and data system, and requires food businesses to meet good hygiene practices and apply advanced food management systems.

At the event, Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung presented the certificate recognising Sugi as Vietnam-Japan Special Ambassador for the 2026–2029 term.

Speaking during the visit, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam expressed his impression of Meiko's development history and long-term investment commitment. He acknowledged the company’s contributions to job creation, human resources training, community support and the promotion of Vietnam-Japan friendship.

Politburo member, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of its Organisation Commission Nguyen Duy Ngoc spoke highly of the effective cooperation between the Organisation Commission and JICA in training and developing Vietnamese officials, particularly those holding leadership and management positions.

The exhibition features more than 30 distinctive works by contemporary artists from Vietnam and Japan, ranging from established sculptors with strong individual styles to young artists born in the 1990s, offering diverse perspectives in an artistic dialogue.

At a meeting with Hironori Kamezawa, President & Group CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the Vietnamese leader spoke highly of the group’s effective contributions to the development of Vietnam’s finance and banking sector.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam expressed his wish for bilateral financial cooperation to move beyond a traditional provider-recipient relationship towards a development partnership in which the two sides jointly develop financial markets, design effective capital mobilisation solutions and invest in projects and sectors that build long-term competitiveness.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau called on Japan's Gunma prefecture to continue promoting cooperation with Vietnamese localities and swiftly translate agreements signed with Ninh Binh province and Hai Phong city into concrete cooperative projects, while exploring opportunities to expand ties with other Vietnamese localities.

The Vietnamese leader also proposed closer cooperation in healthcare, including the promotion of Kanagawa’s ME-BYO preventive healthcare model to improve the quality of life of elderly people in Vietnam. At the same time, he encouraged the prefecture to facilitate Vietnamese businesses’ access to its market, technologies and innovation ecosystem.

The Vietnamese leader also proposed closer cooperation in healthcare, including the promotion of Kanagawa’s ME-BYO preventive healthcare model to improve the quality of life of elderly people in Vietnam. At the same time, he encouraged the prefecture to facilitate Vietnamese businesses’ access to its market, technologies and innovation ecosystem.

During his tenure as head of the Vietnamese Government, former PM Pham Minh Chinh made dedicated contributions to elevating Japan – Vietnam relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World in 2023.

Lawmakers backed the need for the law, saying that it will fully institutionalise the Politburo’s Resolution 80-NQ/TW on Vietnamese cultural development and create a legal corridor for the cultural industry ecosystem and value chain.

Vietnam and Japan should focus on four cooperation priorities, including strengthening political trust through regular exchanges and meetings across Party, State and parliamentary channels; promoting economic cooperation and connectivity while ensuring economic security; expanding collaboration in innovation, space technology and high-tech agriculture; and enhancing the effectiveness of cooperation between localities of the two countries.

China's and Vietnam's consecutive hosting of APEC presents an opportunity for the two countries to make practical contributions to regional economic integration and promote open, innovative, inclusive and sustainable development.

The Vietnamese and Japanese environment ministries will run policy dialogues, expert exchanges, human resources training, feasibility studies and technology transfer, aiming to pull companies and research institutes from both countries into environmental projects, particularly in areas where Vietnam needs capital and technology.

The two sides agreed to advance science and technology and innovation as a pillar of bilateral cooperation, based on partnership, co-creation and public-private cooperation.

The two sides agreed to issue the Vietnam–Japan Joint Vision Statement, lifting the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to a new height as equal partners that accompany and co-create together on mutual benefit, for quality growth, strategic autonomy and self-reliance.

The parliamentary friendship groups and unions of Vietnam and Japan should play a greater role in promoting the implementation of high-level agreements, particularly in economic and trade cooperation, and translating commitments into concrete outcomes.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam met with Speaker of Japan's House of Representatives Mori Eisuke and President of the House of Councillors Sekiguchi Masakazu in Tokyo on November 9 afternoon (local time), as part of his official visit to Japan.

The projects are also pitched as infrastructure bottleneck relief, completing the planned expressway network, narrowing regional development gaps and reducing poverty in mountainous areas.