VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with his Japanese counterparts in Vientiane, Laos, on October 11, on the sidelines of the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and Related Summits.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the ASEAN - Japan, ASEAN Plus Three (China, the Republic of Korea, Japan), and ASEAN - Australia Summits in Vientiane, Laos, on October 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam considers Japan a key and long-term partner, and wishes to work together with Japan to effectively and practically implement the newly upgraded Comprehensive Strategic Partnership framework, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man told Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki at a reception in Hanoi on October 9.

The sports association of the Vietnam People’s Police Force and the Vietnam – Japan international exchange organisation (FAVIJA) will build sport cooperation programmes under a Memorandum of Understanding recently signed between the two sides in Japan.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Office of Japan’s Hiroshima University has been inaugurated simultaneously at Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry in Thai Nguyen province and the Government Guest House in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Tourists from the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japan, and Thailand are the most likely to be drawn in by Vietnamese delights, with visitors from these three nations most likely to visit Vietnam with cuisine on their mind, according to digital travel platform Agoda.

VOV.VN - The Da Nang Department of Tourism, in collaboration with national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, debuted a booth to promote Vietnamese tourism at the Tourism EXPO Japan 2024 on September 26.

VOV.VN - The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) in Vietnam on September 25 launched this year’s tourism promotion campaign themed “Japan - Local Experience, Diverse Discovery” in an attempt to attract more Vietnamese travellers to the country of the rising sun.

The Governor of Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, Nagasaki Kotaro, on September 24 presented the token of JPY1 million (over US$6,900) to the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan to support the country’s disaster relief efforts in the wake of Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent floods and landslides.

Ho Chi Minh City will pioneer in realising cooperation agreements between Vietnam and Japan, contributing to reinforcing and developing the friendly relations between the two countries, affirmed Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, while hosting visiting special advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Tsutomu Takebe on September 23.