Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hosted a reception for Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Takebe Tsutomu in Hanoi on July 22, where he said the Vietnamese Government has paid due attention to removing bottlenecks for education and training projects between the two nations.

Tsutomu expressed his deep sadness at the passing of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, and reminisced his good impressions on the late leader when meeting him in both Vietnam and Japan.

He took this occasion to thank the Vietnamese Government for its support for cooperation programmes and projects between the two nations, including the Vietnam – Japan University, Japan – Vietnam Festival, and Vietnam Festival in Hokkaido, and Hokkaido Festival in Ha Long, among others.

The Vietnam – Japan University is envisaged to become not only an academic training establishment but also a practice one to meet both nations’ demands for high-quality human resources, he said, adding he hoped that the Vietnamese Government will support the university to organise a ceremony to mark its 10th founding anniversary in October, and join hands with Japan to make the university a new symbol of the Vietnam – Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World.

Quang thanked the Japanese special advisor for his sentiments and sympathy over the demise of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, stressing under the leadership of the Party chief, the Vietnam – Japan ties have developed strongly, comprehensively and substantively, with the upgrades of the ties to the Extensive Strategic Partnership in 2014, and the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2023.

He spoke highly of the efforts, enthusiasm and great contributions by his Japanese guest to the bilateral relations, particularly in the areas of cultural and people-to-people exchanges, and locality-to-locality cooperation, that enhance the friendship and mutual understanding between the two sides.

The Deputy PM also highly evaluated the initiative to bring graduates from the Vietnam – Japan University to Japan to engage in the apprentice programmes, which, he said, help the students improve their knowledge while supporting Japan to handle its labour shortage.

Quang expected that the Japanese Government, enterprises and organisations will continue assisting the u▨niversity and its graduates, thus improving the establishment’s training quality and attractiveness./.