VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches great importance to its comprehensive strategic partnership with Japan, and wants to work closely with its partner to further strengthen bilateral relations, said Le Hoai Trung, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations.

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Ba Hoan met with Kubo Yoshitomo, Deputy Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam, on August 1 to accelerate a project connecting Vietnamese workers with overseas job opportunities.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man has expressed hope that Tokai Kisaburo, chairperson of the Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and Member of the House Representative of Japan, will support and promote the Japanese Government to provide new generation of official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam with high incentives and simple and flexible procedures.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on July 30 held a seminar on promoting support for Vietnamese workers in Japan to integrate into the local community, develop themselves and their careers, with the participation of representatives of relevant Japanese agencies, departments and localities.

Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet attended the 15th Mekong – Japan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (MJC 15) and the 12th Mekong – Korea Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (MKC 12) held in Vientiane, Laos, on July 26.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son received Special Advisor to the Japan - Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Takebe Tsutomu in Hanoi on July 22, highlighting the countries' growing locality-to-locality cooperation and people-to-people exchanges.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hosted a reception for Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Takebe Tsutomu in Hanoi on July 22, during which he said the Vietnamese Government has paid due attention to removing bottlenecks for education and training projects between the two countries.

Vietnam Airlines passengers should not have too many gripes when it comes to flight arrival and departure as the national flag carrier was named the most punctual airline in Vietnam in the first half, achieving an on-time performance (OTP) rate of 84.1%.

VOV.VN - Japanese rescue forces on July 15 safely rescued two female Vietnamese hikers who were left stranded on Mount Biei in Hokkaido during mountaineering there, according to Japanese police and firefighters.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan organised the closing ceremony and award presentation for the first-ever "I Love My Mother Tongue" singing contest on July 13.