VOV.VN - Strengthening epidemiological surveillance, vaccine development, and response to both existing and emerging diseases are key areas of cooperation outlined in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on August 1 in Ho Chi Minh City between the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City and Japan’s Nagasaki University.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son welcomed a delegation from the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) led by Tanaka Yu, Vice Chairman of the Presidium and acting head of the Secretariat of the JCP Central Committee in Hanoi on July 31.

VOV.VN - Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan Yoshimasa Hayashi praised the growing partnership between Japan and Vietnam, during his meeting with Do Van Chien, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, in Tokyo on July 29.

VOV.VN - A high-level delegation from the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), led by Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, and VFF President Do Van Chien, held meetings on July 28 with leaders of the Komeito Party and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which make up Japan’s ruling coalition.

VOV.VN - On July 28, 1995, Vietnam became the seventh member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Over the past three decades, it has proven to be an active, forward-looking, and responsible member, making sustained contributions to the realization of ASEAN’s historic mission.

VOV.VN - President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien arrived in Tokyo on July 27, beginning a friendship visit to Japan.

A legal knowledge contest for the Vietnamese community in Japan was launched in Tokyo on July 18.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long has voiced strong support for accelerating the Vietnam–Japan University project during a reception in Hanoi on July 17 for Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on Japan’s Marubeni Corporation to expand its operation in Vietnam’s energy sector, particularly gas-fired and offshore wind power, while supporting digital infrastructure and electricity exports across ASEAN.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on July 10 called for the Mekong – Japan cooperation framework to adopt new thinking, new methods, and new approaches in order to develop a more innovative and adaptive Mekong – Japan Cooperation (MJC) mechanism.