VOV.VN - Japanese retail giant AEON considers Vietnam a key market in Southeast Asia and has therefore pledged to realise its goal of supporting the greater export of Vietnamese goods via its distribution system, setting a target of US$1 billion by 2025.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has continued its support to Vietnam’s fight against COVID-19 by donating medical equipment, including five ventilators, five electrocardiogram measuring devices and seven infant incubators, to the Hue Central Hospital in the ending days of 2021.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has signed a decision granting approval to a plan on the enforcement of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which entered into force from January 1, 2022.

VOV.VN - The southern province of Dong Nai on January 5 hosted a ceremony to export the first batch of processed fruits in the New Year to Europe, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japan, Russia, and the Middle East.

VOV.VN - Hanoi capital welcomed the first international flight of 2022 from Tokyo, Japan, with 143 Japanese passengers on board on January 1, according to the Hanoi Department of Tourism.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong held online talks with Chairman of the Presidium of the Communist Party of Japan (CPJ) Central Committee Shii Kazuo in Hanoi on December 29.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has officially put tickets on sale for flights to Cambodia, Japan, and the United States, while Bamboo Airways has also begun selling tickets to Taiwan (China).

VOV.VN - Japan has recently granted a certification of Geographical Indication (GI) protection for Vietnam’s Binh Thuan dragon fruit which is expected to present both challenges and opportunities for the future export of the fruit.

Becamex Tokyu Co. Ltd, a joint venture between Vietnam’s Becamex IDC Corp and Japan’s Tokyu Corporation, began construction of the first shopping centre named Sora Gardens SC in Binh Duong New City in the southern province of Binh Duong on December 28.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is currently the fifth largest banana supplier to Japan, with the volume and value of Japanese imports from the Southeast Asian nation seeing a sharp increase over the past 10 months of the year.