Newly-appointed Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki has emphasised that concretising the Vietnam-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World towards the next 50 years is the most important task of his tenure in the Southeast Asian country.

The Japanese Embassy in Hanoi on March 17 held a tea ceremony in the presence of visiting deputy grand master Machita Soryu of Urasenke, one of the three Japanese Tea Schools.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi has presented the “for the cause of capital city construction” insignia to Katsuro Nagai, Japanese Deputy Ambassador in Vietnam, in recognition of his contributions to the growth of Hanoi and the development of ties between Vietnam and Japan.