Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Ba Hoan met with Kubo Yoshitomo, Deputy Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam, on August 1 to accelerate a project connecting Vietnamese workers with overseas job opportunities.

The southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sanjo city of Japan’s Niigata prefecture on establishing friendship and cooperative relations for the 2024 – 2026 period, at a conference held in the Vietnamese locality on April 26.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on March 26 received Senior Executive Vice President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Yamada Junichi who is on a visit to Vietnam.

A 5-MW waste-to-energy facility, the first of its kind in the southern province of Binh Duong became operational on January 12.

VOV.VN - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has just signed an agreement to lend more than JPY41 billion to the Vietnamese Government for the construction of Metro Line No. 1 (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien section) in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a working breakfast with Ken Matsuzawa, president of the International Friendship Exchange Council (FEC) of Japan, and its members in Tokyo on December 18 as part of his activities during his trip to the Far East country to attend the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation.

VOV.VN - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged to make further efforts to contribute to Vietnam’s development through its ODA capital and to promote the recently established Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and Japan, according to Yuichi Sugano, chief representative of JICA – Vietnam Office.

VOV.VN - Japan’s total official development assistance (ODA) commitment to Vietnam from April 2022 to March 2023 amounts to JPY18.9 billion (nearly VND3.1 trillion), excluding loans to the private sector, said Sugano Yuichi, chief representative of the Vietnam Office under the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

A workshop on solutions to improve nutrition for mothers and babies in the first 1,000 days of life was held in Hanoi on September 30.

Ho Chi Minh City hopes to be a model of local-to-local cooperation between Vietnam and Japan, Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, said at a ceremony on September 20 to mark the 50th anniversary of the two countries' diplomatic ties.