* At the talks with Japanese State Minister of Defense Oniki Makoto, General Nam underlined that the Vietnam - Japan relations have been promoted by the two sides' top leaders and have been further expanded in various fields, bringing practical benefits to the two peoples.

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Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam meets with Japanese State Minister of Defense Oniki Makoto.

In the coming time, General Nam hoped that the Japanese Defense Ministry and the host State Minister of Defense would continue to direct functional organs to comprehensively and effectively carry out agreements inked by the two sides, particularly in fields of defense industry and defense trade, contributing to deepening the bilateral cooperation and friendship ties between the two countries and the two defense ministries.

At the same time, the general hoped that the Japanese Defense Ministry, Japan Self-Defense Forces, and Japanese defense contractors would attend and actively contribute to the coming second Vietnam International Defense Expo in December 2024.

For his part, Japanese State Minister of Defense Oniki Makoto stressed that he would make efforts in fostering the implementation of the two sides' inked cooperation contents according to the Memorandum of Understanding on orientations to develop cooperation in defense industry signed in May 2019 by the two defense ministries; and accepted the invitation to the second Vietnam International Defense Expo in December 2024.

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At the talks with Fukasawa Masaki, Head of the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency

* At the talks with Fukasawa Masaki, Head of the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) under the Japanese Defense Ministry, General Nam urged the two sides to further speed up their agreed contents such as delegation exchange, supporting each other at their exhibitions, technology transformation, and training human resources. Fukasawa Masaki agreed with General Nam’s comments, stressed that they would further promote cooperation in defense industry between the two sides, and underlined that ATLA and Japanese defense companies would join the second Vietnam International Defense Expo.

Translated by Song Anh