The provision of disaster response skill training for people is critically important to the countries vulnerable to natural disasters like Vietnam so as to create response preparedness for each individual, said Kazuko Kori, Mayor of Sendai city in Japan’s Miyagi prefecture.
VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan hosted a ceremony on July 6 in order to receive donations of approximately VND1.3 billion for the country’s COVID-19 vaccine fund from various Japanese trade unions and companies where Vietnamese interns are working.
A Vietnamese intern went missing while swimming at a beach in Onga district, Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture.
VOV.VN - A cultural programme running with the theme of “Taikan Japan” has been officially launched at the Japanese Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange (JF) in Hanoi and will take place throughout July.
VOV.VN - The nation recorded 94 more domestic COVID-19 cases, including 93 domestic infections and one imported case in the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on June 30, with Ho Chi Minh accounting for the most at 62, said the Ministry of Health.
VOV.VN - The Japanese government has decided to donate an additional one million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Vietnam and the consignment is due to arrive in July, said the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) plans to focus on health, public investment and human resource development in its activities in Vietnam in fiscal year 2021, which began on April 1, JICA's chief representative in Vietnam Shimizu Akira has confirmed.
Japan’s Shiga prefecture recently won the 23rd Japan Water Prize for its initiative to use the water cleaning model at its Biwa lake to help with the protection of water environment in Vietnam.
VOV.VN - A Vietnamese Goods Week 2021 has been launched across 350 retail stores of Japan’s AEON Group, providing a fantastic opportunity for Japanese shoppers to learn more about Made-in-Vietnam goods.
The Vietnam Cybersecurity Emergency Response Teams/Coordination Centre (VNCERT/CC) on June 24 took part in the 2021 ASEAN-Japan Drill with the aim of enhancing cooperation between Japan and 10 ASEAN countries in addressing trans-national cybersecurity incidents.