VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Nen, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, received Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam Denny Abdi and Italian Consul General in the city Enrico Padula on July 28 as the southern city strives to develop ties with the two nations.

The eighth Japan-Vietnam festival, the largest of its kind, will be held on February 25-26 next year in Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Consulate General of Japan in the city has announced.

VOV.VN - Twelve businesses have attended the leading global trade fair for organic food, Biofach/Vivaness 2022, which is taking place from July 26 to July 29 in Nuremberg in the southern German state of Bavaria.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture and the local authorities are co-organising a trade fair beginning on July 25 to connect Vietnamese firms and their potential partners in Kyushu region.

VOV.VN - The Japanese Government remains keen to promote the export of agro-forestry-fisheries products to the Vietnamese market, said Watanabe Nobuhiro, Japanese Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Japanese government wants to promote comprehensive cooperation with Da Nang and central localities in Vietnam, Japanese Consul General Yakabe Yoshinori in Da Nang has affirmed.

VOV.VN - Bien Dong Park in Son Tra district in the central coastal city of Da Nang welcomed the opening of the Vietnam - Japan Festival 2022 on July 14, featuring a wide range of cultural exchange activities and seminars focusing on education, tourism, and sports.

The Vietnamese Consul General in the Lao province of Luang Phrabang, Kieu Thi Hang Phuc, on July 11 presented her credentials to Lao Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Phoxay Khaykhamphithoine.

From now until July 17, residents in Ho Chi Minh City can get to know Australia’s Indigenous culture at the “Yuendumu Doors” exhibition at Hai An Gallery in HCM City.

The New Zealand Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the country’s fruit exporters on July 6 presented 500 fruit boxes for charitable organisations for children and women in the city and Hanoi.