VOV.VN - Vietnam and Japan agreed to target US$60 billion in bilateral trade by 2030 and raise Japanese investment in Vietnam to US$5 billion per year, following talks between Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi.

VOV.VN - Major Japanese media outlets on May 2 carried detailed coverage of talks between Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Vietnamese counterpart Le Minh Hung and praised the outcomes.

VOV.VN - The official visit to Vietnam by Sanae Takaichi, her first as Japan’s PM and the East Asian country’s first female PM, marks an important milestone, creating fresh impetus and opening up new opportunities for cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung hosted an official welcome ceremony for his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi at the Government Headquarters in Hanoi on May 2 during the later’s official visit to Vietnam from May 1-3.

VOV.VN - Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived in Hanoi on the evening of May 1, beginning an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is pushing a shift from administrative control to service-oriented governance as it seeks to sustain double-digit growth, with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) playing a central role in mobilising and allocating resources more efficiently.

VOV.VN - Japan considers Vietnam a central partner in advancing its Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy, with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s upcoming official visit expected to further strengthen strategic trust and expand bilateral cooperation, Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki said ahead of the trip.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has signed Directive No. 15/CT-TTg launching an emulation movement to successfully implement annual socio-economic development tasks and the 2026–2030 five-year plan in line with the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has signed Directive No. 16 dated April 23, 2026 on the management and use of public investment capital in conjunction with socio-economic accounting and evaluation of investment efficiency, directing faster formulation of the medium-term public investment plan for 2026-2030.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are shifting their cooperation from traditional trade and investment toward the co-development of next-generation industrial and technology ecosystems, with a focus on innovation, high-value supply chains, and strategic industries.