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.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese U17 women’s football team are set to play host nation Japan in the final round of the U17 ASEAN Jenesys international tournament after defeating Singapore 4-0 in the semi-finals on March 20.

A Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange event was held in the northern province of Bac Giang on March 19, as one of the activities in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.

Vietnam is striving to lure more Japanese investments to digital transformation and green growth, as recommended in the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative (VJI).

A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence participated in DSEI Japan 2023, the only large-scale, fully integrated defence event in Japan, from March 14-17.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 16 for Tien Quoc Hao, Chief Executive Officer of Asia Region of Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and President of Toyota Motor Asia Pacific (TMAP).

VOV.VN - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will continue closely cooperating with Vietnam in the field of education and training, Shimizu Akira, chief representative in Vietnam of JICA assured Vietnamese Education Minister Nguyen Kim Son in Hanoi on March 16.