The Vietnam Agency of Seas and Islands (VASI) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and the National Ocean Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet Office of Japan held their first-ever direct dialogue in Hanoi on October 16.
Attending from the Vietnam Sea and Islands Department were Director Nguyen Duc Toan, Deputy Director Truong Duc Tri, and leaders of units under the Department. On the Japanese side, there were Secretary General of the Japanese National Ocean Policy Secretariat MIYAZAWA Koi-chi, First Secretary of the Japanese Embassy MON-JI Yui-chi; Advisory members of the Japanese National Ocean Policy Secretariat.
Director of the Vietnam Department of Seas and Islands Nguyen Duc Toan spoke at the opening of the dialogue program Speaking at the opening of the Program, Director of the Vietnam Department of Seas and Islands Nguyen Duc Toan affirmed that the 2023 Marine Policy Dialogue Program is an important activity to implement the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of policy. sea and ocean between the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam and the Japanese Cabinet Office, signed on October 08, 10 during the working visit of the Prime Minister of Vietnam in Japan. This is the first direct dialogue between the Japanese Ocean Policy Secretariat and the Vietnam Department of Seas and Islands.
Mr. MIYAZAWA Koi-chi, Secretary General of the National Ocean Policy Secretariat spoke at the dialogue program According to Mr. Nguyen Duc Toan, the 21st century is considered the century of the ocean, the act of "reaching out to the sea" has become a major trend, an important orientation for all maritime countries and even developing countries. landlocked country. Like Vietnam, Japan is a maritime country, attaching special importance to the development and implementation of national policies and strategies on the sea. Japan issued the Ocean Policy Law in 2007 (actually Japan's Marine Strategy) at the same time that our Party issued Resolution No. 09-NQ/TW on Vietnam's Marine Strategy until 2020.
The exchange and sharing of Japanese experiences in maritime policy and strategy has important theoretical and practical significance for Vietnam today. Mr. Toan hopes that dialogue is an opportunity for the two sides to exchange views and practices on marine management, specifically policies, strategies, planning, and plans on resource exploitation, use, and conservation. Marine environmental protection and the results of the dialogue will contribute to strengthening connections and strongly promoting cooperation between Vietnam and Japan in general, the Ocean Policy Secretariat, the Japanese Cabinet Office and the Department of Marine Environment. Seas and Islands, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in particular.
Expressing his joy about organizing the Dialogue program, Secretary General of the Japanese National Ocean Policy Secretariat, Mr. MIYAZAWA Koi-chi said that the dialogue program is very meaningful in 2023 - the year Celebrating 50 years of establishing diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan. According to Mr. MIYAZAWA Koi-chi, Secretary General of the National Ocean Policy Secretariat, with a long coastline and thousands of islands, Japan always considers sustainable use of resources and protection of the marine environment as an important factor. in the country's most important tasks. Accordingly, the Japanese Government has relied on the inheritance and effective use of resources to build a policy strategy for sea and ocean management for many years. Deputy Director Truong Duc Tri and Mr. MIYAZAWA Koi-chi moderated the dialogue program Mr. MIYAZAWA Koi-chi hopes that through today's dialogue program, the two sides will propose proposals for cooperation and coordination on the marine economy of the Vietnam Department of Seas and Islands in coordination with the Policy Secretariat. Ocean in the near future.
At the dialogue program, delegates heard about reports such as: Overview of maritime policies, laws and marine economic development of Vietnam; some difficulties and obstacles in allocating sea areas, especially allocating sea areas for investigation and survey of offshore wind power; some issues of controlling, preventing and reducing marine environmental pollution; overview of Japan's marine management policy; blue ocean economic experience in Japan; Japan's offshore wind power incentive policy; Japan's experience in preventing, detecting, and treating marine pollution and protecting marine ecosystems; Update on the implementation of Japan's blue ocean economy. At the same time, focus on discussing and sharing experiences in marine management, marine economy, marine environment, especially on the orientation of cooperation between the two sides until 2 and vision to 2025.
