Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 16 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and Japanese Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Hayashi Yoshimasa, Ha Noi, January 15, 2026 - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

During a reception in Ha Noi for Japan's Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Hayashi Yoshimasa, the Prime Minister expressed satisfaction with the strong, comprehensive and increasingly substantive development of the Viet Nam-Japan bilateral ties, built on a high level of political trust.

He noted that Japan remains Viet Nam's leading partner in official development assistance (ODA) and labor cooperation, its third-largest foreign investor, and its fourth-largest partner in trade and tourism. Cooperation between localities of the two count...