Foreign minister visits Vietnam to boost economic relations
28-JUL-2008 Intellasia | AP
Jul 28, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM
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Japan's foreign minister visited Vietnam on Friday to boost economic ties and bilateral relations with the communist country, where Tokyo is the biggest aid donor.
Masahiko Komura made a one-day stop in Hanoi, where he met with his Vietnamese counterpart, Pham Gia Khiem, and President Nguyen Minh Triet.
Komura attended the second meeting of the Japan-Vietnam Economic Committee, which helps to build economic cooperation between the two countries. He also attended a signing ceremony for a project that sends Vietnamese civil servants to Japan for education, said Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kazuo Kodama.
Komura's visit came after he attended a Southeast Asian security forum in Singapore. North Korea's foreign minister, coming from the same meeting, also visited Hanoi but the two diplomats were not expected to meet in Vietnam, Kodama said.
Japan is Vietnam's largest aid donor and is helping to build several major projects including a highway connecting the country's north and south, a high-speed train system and an information technology industrial park.
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