President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with President of the Japanese House of Councillors Otsuji Hidehisa in Tokyo on September 26 as part of his stay to attend the state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.

VOV.VN - Hosoda Hiroyuki, speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan, has highlighted the role of Vietnam as an important Japanese economic, trading, and labour partner.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on behalf of Party and State leaders of Vietnam, will attend the state funeral of late Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in Tokyo, Japan, from September 25-28.

VOV.VN - Many Japanese enterprises have plans to expand their investment activities in Vietnam, which is considered by the Japanese business circle as the second most attractive investment destination after the US, according to Nakajima Takeo, chief representative from the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO).

VOV.VN - A Japanese festival is set to get underway in the central city of Da Nang between September 23 and September 25, with the cultural event featuring cosplay, anime, manga, as well as music and dance activities.

A conference was held in Tokyo on September 8 to promote Japanese investment in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.

Japan will strengthen the inspection of labour unions to ensure rights of Vietnamese guest workers, Japanese Minister of Justice Hanashi Yasuhiro told Vietnamese Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung at their talks in Tokyo on September 6.

Japanese investors’ confidence in Vietnam has still been increasing despite adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shigetoshi Aoyama, Executive Vice President of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), has said.

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Long An on August 23 held an investment promotion conference and a dialogue with Japanese enterprises.

VOV.VN - The Japan - Vietnam Friendship Society of Sakai City should promote trade and investment cooperation between its businesses and their Vietnamese counterparts, as well as between Japanese and Vietnamese localities.