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.

NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on August 23 received a delegation from the Youth Division of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan led by Suzuki Norikaru, member of the House of Representatives and Sato Kei, member of the House of Councillors and Acting Head of the Youth Division.

VOV.VN - Acting Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan expressed her desire to further strengthen healthcare ties between Vietnam and its partners Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) during her separate meetings with diplomats of the two countries in Hanoi on August 16.

An international workshop highlighting the role and prospects of ASEAN given the volatile situation in the region and the world at large was held in both face-to-face and virtual formats by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences in collaboration with the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam on August 16.

Vietnam Airlines’ Flight VN384 on its way from Hanoi to Haneda (Japan) on August 8 had to return to the departing airport after more than 1 hour and 45 minutes to provide urgent care for a Japanese boy who had a health problem.