Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Vietnamese leader To Lam met in Tokyo and announced agreements to expand defense, technology and economic cooperation, alongside announcements of Japanese financing for Vietnamese power projects and Japanese trading company Sojitz's proposed purchase of a 5% stake in a Vietnamese tungsten and fluorspar producer, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 9. Separately, their defense ministers reviewed the possibility of jointly developing high-speed landing craft and agreed to hold vice ministerial defense talks in December.