An economic committee delegation from the Vietnamese National Assembly, led by Deputy Chairman Le Quoc Dung, ended its five-day visit to Japan on July 2.

While in Japan, the delegation worked with relevant committees of the Japanese House of Representatives and Senate, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and the External Trade Organisation (JETRO).

It also met with the House of Representatives’ Deputy Chairman Takahiro Yokomichi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hitoshi Kimura and Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship League President Tsutomu Takebe.

Japanese partners expressed their pleasure at the development of the Vietnam-Japan relations and appreciated the economic development of Vietnam in recent years, especially economic co-operation between the two countries.

The Japanese side showed its concern on the current economic issues of Vietnam such as inflation, food export, and shared its experiences on curbing inflation with Vietnam.

It also supported the solutions and policies of the Vietnamese government to overcome economic difficulties and highly valued Vietnam's responsibility in solving food crisis of the world community. (VNA)