Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and new Vietnamese leader To Lam affirmed Tuesday their countries will continue to strengthen economic partnership and promote people-to-people exchanges, Japan’s government said. During their teleconference, the leaders agreed to advance collaboration in new areas such as digitalization and decarbonization, while also strengthening cooperation based on Japanese official development assistance and improving the business environment, according to the Foreign Ministry. Kishida congratulated Lam on his early August inauguration as the chief of the Communist P…