Leaders of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho met with a visiting delegation from the Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on April 13 to discuss a range of potential cooperation, particularly in economic development.

VOV.VN - With the Xich Lo (cyclo) becoming a popular mode of transport in Hanoi in the 1990s, let’s take a closer look at Xich Lo through the lens of a Japanese photographer.

Secretary of the Party Committee of Hanoi Dinh Tien Dung on March 23 hosted a reception for Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio and representatives of the Sumitomo Corporation and BRG Group of Japan to review the implementation of a smart city project in the northern area of Hanoi.

There was a significant increase in Japanese investment in Vietnam’s non-manufacturing industries, such as retailing, education, health care, energy, finance and insurance, transport and real estate.

“Vietnam Festa★Online - Kanagawa is a friend of Vietnam,” an online exchange among Vietnamese and Japanese youngsters took place in Tokyo on March 12, the first of a series of events leading up to the Vietnamese Festival in Kanagawa.

Domestic firms should consider expanding partnerships with Japan in new areas like smart city and startup incubation, suggested Dr. Vo Tri Thanh, Director of the Institute of Branding and Competition Strategy.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s political and macroeconomic stability represents the major factor behind Japanese enterprises’ decision to expand their operations in the country, said Watanabe Nobuhiro, Japanese Consul General to Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Two vessels of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Training Squadron – Hatakaze and Inazuma – with nearly 480 officers and staff on board docked at Tien Sa port in central Da Nang city on February 24, beginning a goodwill visit to Vietnam.

Japan’s Erex Co Ltd. is considering building a biomass power plant with a capacity of 100-150MW in the southern province of Binh Phuoc, Erex Chairman Honna Hitoshi said on February 22.

VOV.VN - Japanese police have announced the arrest of a 17-year-old boy in Yamagata prefecture on suspicion of the forcible obstruction of business after he threatened to shoot down a Vietnam Airlines passenger plane as it flew over Tokyo Bay in early January.