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Khanh Vu and Elaine Lies

Vietnam, Japan agree to boost trade, security ties

FILE PHOTO: Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida bow in front of their national flags as they review a guard of honour ahead of a meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, November 24, 2021. Toru Hanai/Pool via REUTERS

Japan and Vietnam agreed on Sunday to boost economic and security ties while calling for an end to the war in Ukraine, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said during a Southeast Asia tour.

"We'll strengthen bilateral ties in order to put the economies of both nations back on a clear recovery path in the wake of the coronavirus," Kishida told reporters in Hanoi after meeting with his counterpart, Pham Minh Chinh.

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