VOV.VN - The 16th annual Japanese Film Festival in Vietnam opened on November 1, introducing 11 popular Japanese films in the country’s four largest cities, namely Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hai Phong, and Hanoi.

Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association (JVFA) of Miyagi prefecture Kamada Atsushi handed over JPY1 million (nearly US$6,600) in cash donated by the Japanese locality’s residents to support Vietnamese people in overcoming the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, to the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on October 31.

A Hanoi delegation led by Chairman of the municipal People’s Council Tran Sy Thanh is paying a working trip to Japan from October 15-18 to promote cooperation between the city and Japanese localities, organisations, and businesses.

A Week of the Ehon Book has been taking place in Hanoi at the Embassy of Japan to introduce the delight of Japanese picture books to local readers.

VOV.VN - Vietnam considers Japan a key and long-term partner, and wishes to work together with Japan to effectively and practically implement the newly upgraded Comprehensive Strategic Partnership framework, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man told Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki at a reception in Hanoi on October 9.

VOV.VN - Tan Long Group Joint Stock Company (Tan Long Group), in collaboration with Japan’s Kiraboshi Bank, hosted a ceremony in Tokyo on October 9 to launch the A An rice, the second Vietnamese rice brand in the Japanese market.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Office of Japan’s Hiroshima University has been inaugurated simultaneously at Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry in Thai Nguyen province and the Government Guest House in Hanoi.

Enterprises from the port city of Hai Phong and Japan’s Kitakyushu city on October 2 took part in a technology supply-demand connection session held by the Hai Phong Department of Science and Technology and several Japanese units.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Vo Van Hoan hosted a reception on September 24 for Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura Masahiro, who is in Ho Chi Minh City for the Friendship Dialogue and Economic Forum 2024.

Japanese firms Sun Frontier and Cosmos Housing have started constructing two property projects in the beach city, sparking the recovery of the deadlocked real estate market.