VOV.VN - The 20th “Hoi An-Japan Cultural Exchange” is scheduled to take place in the UNESCO world heritage site of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam from August 2 to 4.

Students from the Ngo Si Lien Secondary School in Hanoi won high prizes at the recent Japan Design, Idea and Invention Expo 2024 (JDIE).

A seminar in Tokyo on July 9 brought together Vietnamese and Japanese stakeholders to explore opportunities for collaboration in the burgeoning semiconductor industry.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Japan should hammer out mechanisms to effectively implement free trade agreements, including the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) deal, to help make breakthroughs in bilateral economic, trade and investment cooperation.

The “Da Nang – Japan Meeting” conference on prospects for cooperation after the two countries upgrade their relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World was held in the central city of Da Nang on July 5.

The Vietnam-Japan Festival in the central beach city of Da Nang opened on July 4 evening.

President To Lam received the ambassadors of Japan and Belarus at separate meetings in Hanoi on July 3.

VOV.VN - Defense Minister Phan Van Giang expressed Vietnam’s desires to increase defense cooperation with Japan and Laos, during his separate meetings with the Ambassadors of Japanese and Laos to Vietnam in Hanoi on July 3.

VOV.VN - Japan will consider new generation ODA for Vietnam, with a primary focus on new fields such as digital transformation, green transformation, climate change response and health, alongside infrastructure construction as a traditional field, said newly appointed Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki.

The 39th ASEAN-Japan Forum took place in Bangkok, Thailand on June 25 to review the ASEAN-Japan cooperation and discuss future directions to promote their comprehensive strategic partnership.