Vietnam believes the participation of Japan, one of the big economies and having an important role in the Asia-Pacific region and the world, will contribute to increasing cooperation potential and the attractiveness of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as well as intensifying multi-level and mutually beneficial cooperation among countries in the region. 

So said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi on March 15 in reply to a question on Vietnam’s viewpoint of Japan’s official participation in the negotiation process. 

This will also create a new cooperation framework for and further deepen the relationship between Vietnam and Japan, which is seeing good development, said Nghi, adding that Vietnam supported Japan’s participation at an early date. 

March 15, 2013

Source: Vietnam Plus