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.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Dung, vice chairman of the People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City, hosted a reception on November 6 for a delegation of the Friendship Parliamentarians’ Association of Japan’s Osaka Prefecture led by Wada Kenji, chairman of the group.

Nearly 30 leading Japanese corporations and firms are recruiting over 2,500 employees and interns in Japan and Japanese affiliates at the Japan Job Fair 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City on November 4.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Japan should boost cooperation in spearhead industries such as green transformation, digital transformation, innovation, and semiconductor chip manufacturing, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura Yasutoshi in Hanoi on November 3.

The number of Vietnamese businesses in Japan has been on the rise, and many of them have been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Yoichiro Aoyagi, member of the Japanese House of Representatives, said at the Vietnam-Japan Business Day in Tokyo on November 2.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in coordination with the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam, the Organising Committee for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Japan-Vietnam diplomatic relations, and Japanese agencies and organisations, organised the Meet Japan 2023 conference in Hanoi on November 2.

Vietnam is the second largest partner and is prioritised by Japan in the field of information technology, therefore opening opportunity for cooperation between the two countries in IT human resources, said Nguyen Thanh Tuyen, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC)’s Information Technology Department.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese women’s team conceded a 0-2 loss to Japan in their last match of the second qualifying round of the Paris 2023 Summer Olympics in Uzbekistan on November 1.

VOV.VN - The Japanese Embassy in Hanoi and the Consulate General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City have announced plans to issue e-visa to Vietnamese tourist groups starting from November 1.