PM receives former Japanese PM

VGP – Viet Nam attaches importance to the Strategic Partnership with Japan and will do its utmost to promote the relations more sustainably for the sake of the two nations and contributing to global and regional peace and prosperity.

October 30, 2014 9:08 AM GMT+7

PM Nguyen Tan Dung (R) receives former Japanese PM Hatoyama Yukio, Ha Noi, October 29, 2014 - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

PM Nguyen Tan Dung made that statement at his reception for former Japanese PM Hatoyama Yukio on October 29.

Welcoming Mr. Hatoyama Yukio’s visit to Viet Nam to join the Asian-Oceania Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) meeting, PM Dung highly valued contributions made by the former Japanese PM to the two nations’ relationship.

The Vietnamese Government treasures the development of information technology, regarding it as a breakthrough to increase labor capacity, competitiveness and State management as well as enhancing IT applications on agriculture, confirmed the PM.

The Vietnamese leader proposed the former Japanese PM provide more assistance for Viet Nam in rice cultivation and aquaculture in the Mekong Delta.

Mr. Yukio Hatoyama asserted that he will try his best to enhance the two nations’ relations in all fields, revealing that a Japanese delegation will visit Viet Nam to accelerate the application of IT on agriculture by 2015.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung (R) receives ASOCIO Chairman Abdullah Kafi, Ha Noi, October 29, 2014 - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The same day, PM Nguyen Tan Dung received the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) delegation and leaders of some large IT businesses in the region, led by ASOCIO Chairman Abdullah Kafi.

The Vietnamese Government reiterated the consideration of IT as a new development method to improve labor capacity and effectiveness as well as the economic competitiveness.

The PM hoped that the ASOCIO and other businesses will support Viet Nam in IT application in State agencies in the future.

Mr. Abdullah Kafi lauded Viet Nam’s development and breakthrough in IT, expecting to further cooperate with Viet Nam in the field.

The ASOCIO is a grouping of IT industry associations from economies in the Asia and Oceania region. ASOCIO was established in 1984 with the objective to promote, encourage and foster relationships and trade between its members, and to develop the computing industry in the region.

By Thuy Dung