VOV.VN - The nation has signed three agreements for the transfer of COVID-19 vaccine production technology with Russia, the United States, and Japan, according to details provided by Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.

VOV.VN - Overseas Vietnamese (OV) residing in Japan have sent numerous wishes to Vietnamese athletes through hand-written letters in an effort to encourage the competitors to clinch victory at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Nguyen Kim Anh and her co-workers have won an award from a Japanese prestigious journal for their research on the salinity situation in the Mekong basin.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has offered greetings to Japan on the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, wishing the summer games a great success.

Nguyen Kim Anh, a young female Vietnamese PhD holder of the Institute of Geography under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, has just won the “The most downloaded paper award 2021” from The Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (PEPS), a journal of the Japan Geoscience Union.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has instructed relevant agencies to tighten security checks for flights to Japan.

Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam has said Vietnam always attaches importance to strengthening its extensive strategic partnership with Japan.

VOV.VN - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic impacting seafood consumption globally, fish cake and surimi exports have continued to record growth in the opening five months of the year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

More than 63.4% of respondents in a survey conducted by the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) said they want to go to Vietnam for sightseeing, and a high percentage of those who had visited the country (over 70%) want to go again.

VOV.VN - Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu announced that the Japanese Government has decided to donate an additional one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam.