There is also irritation in Hanoi that Kan Tan III's alleged incursion came just before a visit by Luo Gan, the secretary-general of China's State Council.

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Japanese Prime Minister Kan said Sunday, after meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung, in Hanoi, that Vietnam chose Japan as a partner to mine rare-earth metals and to develop nuclear power in the Communist country, the Associated Press reported.

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