Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai received Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance, on February 23 to discuss the organisation of the eighth Vietnam - Japan Festival.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) and a joint venture between the Trading Construction Works Organisation (WTO) and Japan’s Marubeni Corporation signed a gas sale heads of agreement for O Mon II Thermal Power Project on February 22.

VOV.VN - The southern province of Dong Nai in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development recently hosted a ceremony to mark the export of fresh bananas to the Chinese market.

VOV.VN - Coach Mai Duc Chung and his players of the national women’s football team are set to train in Japan, Germany and New Zealand, before competing at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The Vietnam Coast Guard and the Japan Coast Guard held talks in Hanoi on February 21 to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation.

Vietnamese longan is much welcomed in Japan although its retail prices are high, which brings a big opportunity for local farmers.

VOV.VN - The nation is striving to reach its dragon fruit, banana, and durian export target of US$2 billion this year.

The visiting Settsu patrol ship of the Japan Coast Guard held a joint training session with ships of the Vietnam Coast Guard Region 2 Command in the central province of Quang Nam before leaving Da Nang, concluding a six-day friendship visit to the country from February 13.

A delegation of Settsu patrol ship and Japan Coast Guard led by its Deputy Commander Maj. Gen Nagai Nobukazu visited and had an exchange with officers of the Vietnam Coast Guard Region 2 stationed in Nui Thanh district, the central province of Quang Nam on February 17.

A business conference took place at the Japan-Hai Phong industrial park (previously called Nomura-Hai Phong) in the northern coastal city of Hai Phong on February 16.