VOV.VN - The draw for the 2023 U17 Asian Cup was held on March 30, with Vietnam being placed into Group D alongside the likes of defending champion Japan, India, and Uzbekistan.
Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, president of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and chairman of the Central Theory Council, received a delegation of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) in Hanoi on March 28.
VOV.VN - Outbound tours to both Asia and Europe seem to be particularly interesting for Vietnamese travelers during the coming five-day break marking National Reunification Day (on April 30) and May Day (May 1).
Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam hosted Sugano Yuichi, new Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Vietnam Office, and his predecessor Akira Shimizu in Hanoi on March 27.
A ceremony to welcome the first direct flight from Narita airport in Tokyo (Japan) to Da Nang after a long suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic was held by the national carrier Vietnam Airlines in the central beach city on March 26.
VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines in collaboration with Thien Minh Group organized a seminar in Tokyo on March 23, to promote Vietnam’s tourism and aviation in Japan.
Shimizu Akira, Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Vietnam Office, was honoured with the insignia “For the development of Vietnam's transport sector” by the Ministry of Transport (MoT) on March 23.
VOV.VN - The Japanese Government on March 20 announced the invitation of Vietnamese leaders to attend the expanded G7 Summit, set to take place in Hiroshima from May 20 to May 21, said deputy spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 23 during the Ministry’s regular press conference held in Hanoi.
VOV.VN - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced in New Delhi that he would invite leaders of Vietnam and seven other countries to a Group of Seven summit to be held in Hiroshima City this May.
Vietnamese athletes did not earn a ticket to the Olympic Games, although they completed better than expected and reached the top 10 at the Asian 20km Race Walking Championship in Nomi, Japan, on March 19.