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PM calls for more efforts to quicken major projects
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for stronger Vietnam-Japan cooperation in an effort to speed up the tempo of the three major projects, namely Hoa Lac Hi-tech zone, and North-South express railway and highway.
The government leader was receiving a delegation from the Japanese House of Representatives headed by Kazuo Aichi, President of the Japan Parliamentary Friendship League, in Hanoi on July 17.
Pleased with fruitful developments in bilateral relations, particularly in the fields of economics, trade and investment, PM Dung said he hoped that the two countries will soon sign an agreement on investment and trade.
“Japan is currently Vietnam’s leading investor as well as biggest provider of official development assistance (ODA),” the PM told his guests.
PM Dung spoke highly of Japan’s initiative to set up the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), saying that it will contribute to fostering cooperative ties between the two nations as well as between Japan and the whole Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
In reply, Kazuo Aichi affirmed his support for the deployment of the three major projects in Vietnam and the early singing of a bilateral agreement on investment and trade.
He said ERIA is designed to analyse policies and conduct studies regarding economic integration in East Asia, with three pillars, including increasing integration, narrowing the economic development gap, and achieving sustainable growth.
Vietnam’s Central Institute of Economic Management Director Dr. Dinh Van An was elected as President of the ERIA Executive Board.
VNA
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