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Viet Nam and Japan adopt a Joint Vision Statement as To Lam makes an official visit to Japan

9 November 2026

General Secretary and President To Lam paid an official visit to Japan on November 8-11.
He held summit talks with Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae, and the two leaders adopted the Viet Nam-Japan Joint Vision Statement.
The statement seeks to lift the 'Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World', formed in 2023, to a higher level.
Economic ties are to rest on four pillars: science, technology and innovation; skills and training; supply-chain links; and finance, investment and development aid.
Japan will keep supporting the Viet Nam Coast Guard with ODA loans.
The second Viet Nam-Japan Foreign and Defense Vice-Ministerial Consultation, the '2+2' dialogue, is to be held in Viet Nam in December 2026.
To Lam also addressed the Japanese Diet and visited Kanagawa Prefecture; nearly 700,000 Vietnamese live in Japan.

Visit: November 8-11 Partnership upgraded: 2023 Vietnamese in Japan: nearly 700,000

Why it matters for exams: Vietnam's partnership network (Japan has been a Comprehensive Strategic Partner since 2023), Japan's Prime Minister and the National Diet are standard International Relations questions.

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9 November 2026 Source: Viet Nam Government News (VGP)

In plain words

ODA Official Development Assistance — Concessional aid and loans given by one government to another for development.

2+2 dialogue Joint foreign and defence ministry consultation — A format in which the foreign and defence ministries of two countries meet together.