(VOVworld)- Japan’s Ambassador to Vietnam Hiroshi Fukada has hosted a reception on Tuesday to salute the 80th birthday of the Emperor (December 23). Addressing the event on Tuesday, Ambassador Fukada expressed his delight with the solid development of Vietnam-Japan relations built on a foundation of friendship and mutual trust. On behalf of the Vietnamese Government, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc conveyed best wishes to the Japanese Emperor and the royal family. He said he believed that the two countries’ strategic partnership will continue to grow in a broad and sustainable manner for the sake of the peoples and peace, stability, prosperity, cooperation and development in the region and the world.