Vietnam and Japan Strengthen Economic and Technological Cooperation

Vietnamese General Secretary and President To Lam and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae issued a Joint Vision Declaration elevating bilateral relations to the level of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership following their official talks in Japan, deciding to strengthen economic, scientific, and technological cooperation.

Vietnam and Japan came together to deepen economic ties, develop cooperation in science and technology, promote innovation, and train qualified human resources. Following the signing ceremony held on the evening of November 9 as part of the official visit, the leaders made statements to the press.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae expressed her pleasure in hosting To Lam and his accompanying delegation, referring to her May 2026 visit to Vietnam. The two sides discussed creating a favorable environment to accelerate natural gas and LNG projects, while Japan stated it would contribute to Vietnam's goal of training 100 doctoral graduates in the field of artificial intelligence. Within this framework, numerous cooperation agreements were signed, including documents related to the Vietnam-Japan University.

Vietnamese General Secretary and President To Lam stated that the talks were extremely successful and that relations entered a new era on the basis of mutual benefit with the Joint Vision Declaration. It was decided to take concrete steps in defense, security, diplomacy, trade, investment, new-generation ODA, energy, and food security, as well as in space technology, semiconductors, digital technology, and high-tech agriculture.