VOV.VN - The Department for Overseas Labour Management announced on September 16 an increase in the recruitment of nurses and orderlies to work in Japan as part of the Vietnam-Japan economic partnership agreement (VJEPA).

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is aiming to promote dialogues with Japan’s Aichi Prefecture in an effort to enhance the relations between the two localities while simultaneously accelerating co-operation in traditional fields such as tourism and education.

No matter who will succeed Abe Shinzo to become Japanese Prime Minister, the relations between Japan and Vietnam will not change, said Secretary General of the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) Masataka Fujita.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 9 chaired a series of online meetings with ASEAN’s partners -China, Japan and the Republic of Korea- within the framework of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Fukouka has worked closely with authorities of Miyazaki prefecture to promote the search for two Vietnamese apprentices who went missing after Super Typhoon Haishen swept through Kyushu Island on early September 7.

VOV.VN - The National Cancer Center of Japan (NCCJ) has recently launched a project known as Atlas aimed at co-operating with Vietnam, to develop cancer drugs and other pharmaceuticals that can provide better treatment for cancer patients.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines brought home more than 350 Vietnamese citizens left stranded in Japan due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

An exchange note on a non-refundable aid for COVID-19 prevention and control was signed between the Vietnamese and Japanese governments on September 7.

VOV.VN - Previous years have seen garment and apparel businesses have orders until the end of the year and into the first half of next year, while this year many firms are only be able to receive orders on a monthly or even weekly basis.

VOV.VN - As many as 358 Vietnamese citizens left stranded in Japan due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic were safely repatriated on the evening of September 3.