VOV.VN - Vietnam’s FPT Corporation on December 30 announced the delivery of its first shipment of commercial semiconductor chips to a leading Japanese electronics company via Restar, one of Japan’s top electronics distributors.

The 21st Hoi An – Japan Cultural Exchange was officially opened in Hoi An ancient town, the central city of Da Nang on December 26 evening.

VOV.VN - The programme “The Homeland Spring 2026 – Osaka Tet of National Solidarity”, organised for Vietnamese people living, studying and working in Japan, will take place on January 4, 2026, at Ikuno Park in Osaka, Japan.

A prize-awarding ceremony for the contest on storytelling, painting, singing, and poetry recitation about President Ho Chi Minh for children in 2025 was held at the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on December 15.

VOV.VN - The 17th Vietnam-Japan U13 international football tournament is set to take place in Binh Duong ward, Ho Chi Minh City, from December 18 to 21.

The Japanese Film Festival 2025 is taking place from December 12, 2025 to January 25, 2026 in four major cities of Vietnam, namely Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City, captivating local audiences.

Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are among Vietnam’s most important economic partners, with considerable room for further cooperation, but Vietnamese enterprises must adopt clearer strategies and continuously upgrade technological capacity to attract more investment and expand trade, experts said.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese community bookstore was officially launched in Japan on December 15 at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in Tokyo, aiming to promote reading culture and preserve the Vietnamese language among overseas Vietnamese.

VOV.VN - The final round of the Viet Nam Japan AI Hackathon 2025 took place in Tokyo on December 13, bringing together eight outstanding teams selected from the Vietnamese engineering and research community in Japan.

VOV.VN - Japan will provide US$1.5 million in emergency non-refundable aid to help Vietnam recover from severe storm and flood damage in the central region, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on December 12.