Vietnam, Japan beef up agricultural cooperation, sign 10 MoU
Thang praised Japan as a strategic partner, not only for its capital and technology but also for management experience sharing and effective public-private partnership models.
At the sixth Vietnam - Japan high-level agricultural cooperation dialogue (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) –🌊 The sixth Vietnam - Japan high-level agricultural cooperation dialogue convened in Tokyo on September 4, with Acting Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang and Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Koizumi Shinjiro charting a course for enhanced collaboration in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries.
The two officials approved the third phase of the Vietnam-Japan medium-to-long-term vision for agricultural cooperation.
Thang praised Japan as a strategic partner, not only for its capital and technology but also for management experience sharing and effective public-private partnership models. He said programmes under the vision bolster Vietnam’s agricultural value chains, improving product quality, expanding export markets, and advancing sustainable, green growth goals.
To unlock further potential, Thang urged Japan to open its market to more Vietnamese products like pomelos, passion fruit, and catfish. Both sides agreed to ramp up scientific - technological collaboration, focusing on seed research, biotechnology, post-harvest preservation, and the transfer of cutting-edge tools such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain.
Koizumi expressed enthusiasm for broader agricultural ties and invited Vietnam to the 2027 World Horticultural Exhibition in Yokohama. He also pushed for faster progress on market access for Japanese products, including pomelos, grapes, and pufferfish.
On the same day, the Vietnam-Japan public-private dialogue on agricultural cooperation, hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, drew nearly 200 business leaders from both nations.
Thang encouraged Japanese firms to boost investment in deep processing and sustainable agricultural value chains, spotlighting shared benefits and risk sharing models.
At a MoU exchange ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Koizumi, for his part, said public–private partnership between Japan and Vietnam has created valuable models, serving as examples for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the world.
Under the ministers’ witness, 10 memoranda of understanding on business, trade, and investment were signed between Vietnamese and Japanese companies.
Business leaders from both sides showcased their strengths and proposed ideas to deepen cooperation across sectors, aiming to build sustainable food systems through technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ease environmental burdens, and increase productivity./.
Representatives of the upper and lower houses expressed their willingness to share Japan’s experience in election, and noted hope for stronger cooperation between the two countries across all sectors.
PM Pham Minh Chinh expressed his hope that Japanese enterprises will continue standing side by side with Vietnam on the development path, thereby benefiting the two business communities, both countries, and their peoples.
The robust collaboration between the Vietnamese National Assembly and Japan’s National Diet, particularly between the two nations’ parliamentary friendship groups, is a hallmark of bilateral relations, contributing to deepening the Vietnam-Japan comprehensive strategic partnership, said NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man.
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