VOV.VN - The northern Vietnamese province of Thai Binh has committed to creating the most favourable conditions possible for Japanese investors seeking to implement projects in the locality, heard a conference held in Tokyo on April 21.

Vietnam sent 37,923 labourers abroad in the first three months of 2023, accounting for 34.48% of the whole year plan, and more than 15 times higher than the same period in 2022.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese national women’s football team thumped Biwaco Seikei FC of Japan’s 4-0 in a friendly match played on April 19, with the game being a perfect test for coach Mai Duc Chung and his players ahead of SEA Games 32.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government should introduce new policies to encourage the development of environmentally friendly technologies to support industries and businesses, suggested Choi Kyu Chul, vice chairman of Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in Ho Chi Minh City, at a seminar held on April 19.

VOV.VN - A delegation made up of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), led by Tran Tuan Anh, a member of the Politburo and Head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission, paid a working visit to Japan from April 13 to April 18.

VOV.VN - Despite enduring a decline in key seafood exports during the first quarter of the year, there are positive signs ahead for Vietnamese aquatic products in the UK, Japan, Germany, and Israel, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, on April 12 held online talks with General Yoshida Yoshihide, Chief of Staff of the Japan Self-Defence Forces Joint Staff.

VOV.VN - Japan has outpaced the US to become the largest consumer of Vietnamese seafood, although the export of these products to this market decreased by 11% to over US$310 million in the first quarter of 2023, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

VOV.VN - A special concert was held in Sakai city of Japanese prefecture of Osaka on April 6 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Japan.

The Vietnam Festival in Japan, themed “Hope”, opened at Ikebukuro park, Tokyo, on April 8, starting a series of exchanges on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.