Vietnam's Top Leader To Lam Concludes Four-Day Japan Visit After Agreeing With PM Takaichi to Lift Partnership Higher
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam left Tokyo on the afternoon of November 11, concluding his four-day official visit to Japan from November 8 to 11, 2026. Vietnam's foreign ministry said the visit achieved important results as bilateral relations enter a new stage, and that the two sides agreed on a new direction for cooperation.
During the visit, To Lam held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae. As To Lam recounted in Tokyo on November 10 when meeting Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party Central Committee Shii Kazuo, he and Takaichi reached a consensus to lift the Vietnam-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to a higher level, as partners advancing together and co-creating for mutual benefit, high-quality growth, strategic autonomy and self-reliance.
On November 10, To Lam met Shii Kazuo in Tokyo. He said Vietnam wants deeper ties with Japan and continued cooperation between the two Parties and countries, and asked the JCP to make its voice heard by the Japanese Government to create a fair, favourable working environment for Vietnamese nationals in Japan. Shii briefed him on preparations for the JCP's 30th Congress, set for January 2027, and said the JCP would keep supporting Vietnam's rising international role. To Lam invited Shii to return to Vietnam soon.
Finance was the busiest track of the visit. Finance Minister Ngo Van Tuan met Maeda Tadashi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, in Tokyo on November 10 to discuss energy transition and climate cooperation, and asked JBIC to keep channelling Japanese investment into Vietnam, with priority for green energy, smart infrastructure, semiconductors and high-tech electronics. From November 5 to 10, the Ministry of Finance also ran a non-deal roadshow in Japan studying the possibility of issuing Vietnamese Government bonds in the Japanese market, including yen-denominated Samurai bonds, following a similar investor programme in the United States in October 2026.
It was To Lam's first official visit to Japan in his current roles. Vietnam's summary of the visit lists science and technology, innovation, green transition, digital transformation and human-resource training as the priority fields for the next stage, with concrete projects to be worked out by ministries, agencies and businesses of the two countries.
(Source: Vietnam News Agency)
Source: Vietnam News Agency
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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