Vietnamese, Japanese leaders witness exchange of cooperation documents

General Secretary, President To Lam and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae witness the exchange of cooperation documents signed in Tokyo on November 9 evening (local time), 2026. (Photo: VNA)

The package spans power, education, nuclear, artificial intelligence (AI), marine policy, environment, law and intellectual property.

It includes a Framework Agreement on facilitating the implementation of projects using Japanese non-refundable aid in Vietnam; a loan agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the construction of the O Mon 3 Thermal Power Plant; an Exchange of Notes (E/N) with Japan on an official development assistance (ODA) loan for the construction of Vietnam-Japan University; the Vietnam-Japan Technical Cooperation Programme for fiscal year 2025-2026; an agreement between the Vietnamese and Japanese Governments on the development of Vietnam-Japan University in Vietnam; and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on nuclear power cooperation.

Others are a cooperation agreement between Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology and Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on research and development cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI); a MoU between Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and Japan's Cabinet Office on cooperation in maritime and ocean policy; an MoU between Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and Japan's Ministry of the Environment on environmental cooperation; the JICA-funded agreement on further enhancing the quality and effectiveness of lawmaking and law enforcement in Vietnam for the 2027-2030 period; and an MoU on accelerated patent examination between the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam and the Japan Patent Office./.