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On May 24, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam visited JICA Headquarters, where he met with JICA President Tanaka Akihiko and Executive Senior Vice President Yamada Junichi.

From the start of the meeting, President Tanaka praised the effort of Vietnamese people for attaining remarkable development and added that it was his pleasure that JICA was given the opportunity to work together with them. He also noted that JICA would like to expect strategic use of ODA to further advance sustainable and inclusive growth of Vietnam.
In response, Deputy Prime Minister Quang expressed appreciation for JICA’s contributions to the development of Viet Nam thus far.

Following this, Dr. Yamada and Deputy Prime Minister Quang exchanged the views on Japan-Viet Nam cooperation, among other things, and confirmed that the two countries would continue to work closely together. They also agreed to have regularized high-level consultation meetings to accelerate the implementation of Japanese ODA projects in Vietnam.