Thursday, 2 June 2016

Shared concerns about China bring Vietnam and Japan closer (Nguyen Manh Hung, East Asia Forum)

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida shakes hands with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, 6 May 2016. (Photo: AAP).

Three weeks after assuming office, on 22 April 2016, Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang was quoted as saying that Japan is ‘one of Vietnam’s most important cooperative partners’. The importance given to the Vietnam–Japan relationship, on both sides, has increased with the changing power configuration in Asia

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/06/02/shared-concerns-about-china-bring-vietnam-and-japan-closer/

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