A Japan Film Week 2021 will kick off in Ho Chi Minh City on January 16 to promote Japanese cinema to Vietnamese audiences.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded seven additional imported novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, increasing the total number of infections to 1,497, according to a report issued on January 5 by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - The nation is poised to become a deep seafood processing centre and join the group made up of the three leading seafood producing and exporting countries in the world, according to a national seafood development strategy towards 2030, with a vision forward to 2045.

Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam (Doosan Vina) is projected to complete order for components of biomass power plants using the Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) technology to Japan’s Sodegaura Biomass Power Plant by February.

VOV.VN - Investors from Japan have pledged to provide approximately US$1.8 billion in capital to finance a coal-fired thermal power plant in Vung Ang of Ha Tinh province, according to business publication Bloomberg on Dec. 30.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Airlines and Pacific Airlines conducted three flights from Dec. 27-29 to bring home more than 1,000 Vietnamese citizens left stranded in Japan, Cadana and Taiwan (China) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Dec. 25 decided to raise preventive measures to a new level after new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus were detected in a number countries.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on December 24 reported the discovery of an additional 12 fresh imported COVID-19 cases, bringing the overall number of infections in the country to 1,433.

VOV.VN - The 20th anniversary of the Vietnam Alumni Club of Youth Friendship (VACYF) and the 25th year of cooperation between Vietnamese and Japanese youths was celebrated in Hanoi on December 23.

VOV.VN - The national brand of Vietnam has been valued at US$319 billion for this year by Brand Finance, a sharp increase of 29% in comparison to the previous year, thereby becoming the fastest growing national brand in the world.