Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after their joint press conference in Tokyo on Monday. Photo: AFP Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after their joint press conference in Tokyo on Monday. Photo: AFP
Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after their joint press conference in Tokyo on Monday. Photo: AFP
South China Sea
China /  Diplomacy

Japan and Vietnam join hands over disputed South China Sea

Prime ministers agree to work together for peace, security and free trade in the Indo-Pacific region

Topic |   South China Sea
Kyodo
Kyodo

Updated: 10:35pm, 8 Oct, 2018

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Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after their joint press conference in Tokyo on Monday. Photo: AFP Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after their joint press conference in Tokyo on Monday. Photo: AFP
Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after their joint press conference in Tokyo on Monday. Photo: AFP
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