Vietnamese swimmers Do Thanh Hai and Trinh Thi Bich Nhu showed strong performance and bagged tickets to the final round of the men’s 100m breaststroke SB5 and the women’s 100m breaststroke SB5, respectively, at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Japan.

The Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on August 27 held an online conference with overseas Vietnamese (OV) associations, including those in Cambodia, Thailand, Russia, Hungary, Japan, Poland, France, the US, Canada and the Czech Republic.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Consulate General in Hong Kong (China) will make enhancing investment and tourism ties between Vietnam and the region a priority once the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control.

Japan’s Cerezo Osaka football club wants to exchange more with Vietnamese football clubs and seeks excellent players, the club's President Hiroaki Morishima said at a recent meeting with Nguyen Hong Ha, Vietnamese Consul General in Osaka.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attracted US$19.12 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) capital by August 20, equivalent to 97.9% compared to the same period last year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - The World Bank and the Institute for Social Development Studies have signed an agreement for a US$2.75 million grant provided by the Japan Social Development Fund for the “Strengthening preparedness and response to COVID-19 at the grassroots level in Vietnam” Project.

VOV.VN - Vice President Kamala D. Harris is set to launch the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Southeast Asia Regional Office in Hanoi, Vietnam, at a ceremony on August 25 afternoon.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Japan’s Fukuoka raised JPY776,000 (US$7,066) for Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund at a virtual fundraising event held on August 21.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam met Watanabe Kazuyo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Asian Children's Care League (ACCL) on August 18.

VOV.VN - Kazuo Shii, Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party, has highly appreciated the efforts the Vietnamese Party, Government and people have made in responding to the ongoing fight against COVID-19 in the country.