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.
A Vietnam-Japan intellectual property (IP) protection workshop was held in Hanoi on December 12 to enhance professional exchanges between Vietnam’s market surveillance forces and Japanese organisations and businesses.
The Ho Chi Minh City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC), together with the Japan Business Association of Ho Chi Minh City (JCCH), hosted the 2025 Japan business roundtable in the city on December 12.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung received Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance, in Hanoi on December 11.
Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence, and Admiral Saito Akira, Chief of Staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), have agreed to further elevate naval cooperation between the two countries in the time to come.
Frigate 015-Tran Hung Dao and a delegation of the Vietnam People’s Navy departed Kure Port in Hiroshima prefecture on December 10, concluding a four-day visit to Japan.
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s seafood exports to Japan have shown a strong recovery, bringing in nearly US$1.6 billion in the period from January to November this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
As of 12:00 on December 9, no information had been received regarding damage to property or casualties involving Vietnamese citizens in areas affected by an earthquake that struck Japan on the evening of the day before, injuring around 30 people.