VOV.VN - Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc expressed Vietnam’s desires to enhance finance cooperation with Australia, Japan and Singapore during his separate meetings with financial leaders of the three countries on the sidelines of the APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting 2023 in San Francisco, USA, on November 12.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 13 received Marubeni President and CEO Kakinoki Masumi who revealed the Japanese group’s plan to pour billions of US dollars more into Vietnam in the coming time.

The football tournament “FAVIJA KANSAI CUP 2023” was held on November 12 in Japan’s Shiga prefecture with the participation of 20 teams of overseas Vietnamese and Japanese people.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Festival in Fukuoka 2023 was recently held in Fukuoka by the Consulate General of Vietnam in the Japanse city, in collaboration with the administrations of Hanoi and Fukuoka, as parts of activities to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Japan this year.

A delegation of Hanoi led by Standing Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thi Tuyen visited Fukuoka prefecture, and attended activities marking 15 years of the two localities’ friendship within the framework of its working trip to Japan from November 10-12.

Nearly 300 athletes from Vietnamese localities and clubs and Japan competed at a Judo tournament celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties, and the 2023 Open Judo Championship Ba Ria-Vung Tau in the southern province from November 9-11.

VOV.VN - A delegation of Hanoi led by Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thi Tuyen is on a working visit to Japan from November 7-11.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong on November 8 expressed his wish that the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) will support the southern largest economic hub in providing finance for Japanese and Vietnamese businesses to roll out projects aiming to promote green growth and circular economy, towards net zero emissions.

Vietnam always considers Japan as a long-term and leading important partner, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu while meeting a visiting delegation of the Japan-Vietnam parliamentary friendship alliance of Kobe city, Japan’s Hyogo prefecture, in Hanoi on November 7.

The Vietnam – Japan Friendship Golf Tournament 2023 took place in Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture on November 6 with the participation of 120 golfers.