On June 11, 2024, The Council on East Asia Community (CEAC) and the Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR) held an closed meeting with officials from the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry who were visiting Japan. On the day of the meeting, participants engaged in a lively exchange of views on Vietnam-Japan relations and other issues.

1. 1. Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 9:30-11:30
2. 2. Venue: Conference Room, The Japan Forum on International Relations
3. 3. Topics: Maritime security in the South China Sea, Japan-Vietnam relations, etc.
4. 4. Participants
   
            (Japan (JFIR, CEAC) Side)
            ITO Go, Professor, Meiji University / Distinguished Research Fellow, JFIR
            KIKUCHI Yona, Executive Director and Senior Research Fellow, JFIR / Executive Vice President, CEAC
            NAGAO Satoru, Fellow (Non-Resident), Hudson Institute / Special-Apointed Research Fellow, JFIR
            Premesha SAHA, Fellow - Strategic Studies Programme, Observer Research Foundation (ORF) / Visiting Fellow, JFIR
             And Several Others.
   
            (Viet Nam Side)
            Le Dinh Tinh, Director General of Policy Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
            Nguyen Hai Luu, Deputy Director General of Policy Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
            Nguyen Duc Tuyen, Senior Official of Policy Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
            Ha Viet Anh, Official of Policy Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
            Le Minh Phuc, Official of Northeast Asian Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
            Pham Binh Nam, Political Section, Embassy of Viet Nam in Japan

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