VOV.VN - Japan imported more than 1,500 tonnes of bananas from Vietnam worth JPY166 million (US$1.3 million), a year-on-year rise of 38.5% in volume and 30.2% in value, reports Japan Customs.

Vietnam Airlines will add flights on eight routes connecting the country with Japan and the Republic of Korea from May 15.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese airports welcomed a total of 232,000 international passengers during the first quarter of the year, marking an increase of 502% against the same period from last year, according to statistics released by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Japan spent 65.3 billion JPY equivalent to US$528 million on importing flowers last year, including US$45 million on imports from Vietnam, according to the Japan Customs.

VOV.VN - Tokyo-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is set to launch a project using specialised ships to collect waste, including plastic waste, in the offshore waters of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Major Japanese media agencies ran stories on May 1 highlighting the outcomes of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s official visit to Vietnam from April 30 to May 1.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hold separate receptions for Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio in Hanoi on May 1.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a State-level ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on May 1 to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio who is on an official working visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Hanoi on April 30, beginning a two-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh.

The Vietnam-Japan relations are growing robustly, said Motoyoshi Ryokichi, former General Secretary of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association, ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s official visit to Vietnam as part of his first long trip overseas since taking office.