A spokesperson of Vietnam's foreign ministry has expressed optimism about Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide's upcoming visit to the country.
Starting Sunday, Suga is making his first overseas trip since becoming leader. He will meet Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and also visit Indonesia for talks with President Joko Widodo.
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo says it's good that the central and Tokyo metropolitan governments have agreed on the types of businesses that will be requested to close temporarily under the state of emergency to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Abe told reporters on Friday that it is important to do everything possible under the law to contain the spread of infections.