Vietnam PM Hails Mekong-Japan Summit
Hanoi appreciated Tokyo’s initiative to organize the first Mekong-Japan Summit on the cooperation in environment, infrastructure and human source late this week, according to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s statement.
Dung made his statement in Hanoi on November 2 while receiving Japanese Ambassador Mitsuo Sakaba, who conveyed the invitation of PM Yukio Hatoyama to the Vietnamese PM to attend the event in Tokyo.
PM Dung proposed that the Japanese government would help Mekong river countries research and work out the protection and effective use of the river’s resources.
Ambassador Sakaba said the Japanese government expects the meeting to issue a Tokyo statement and pass a detailed action plan.
The ambassador and Vietnamese PM also discussed underway projects of the two countries including Noi Bai airport terminal T2 and the road linking Noi Bai airport to Nhat Tan bridge, and Lach Huyen port. (New Hanoi)
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