Vietnam sent 97,234 workers abroad in the first eight months of 2023, equivalent to over 88% of the year’s target, reported the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

VOV.VN - A ceremony held to celebrate the 50th year since people of Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture blocked the transportation of tanks that the United States’ military intended to send to the battlefield in South Vietnam, was held on December 18 by the Peace Committee of Kanagawa.

VOV.VN - The extensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan is developing deeply and effectively, especially in the fields of trade, ODA, education, culture, and labour cooperation.

VOV.VN - Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture is keen to hold a series of activities aimed at promoting further cultural cooperation between Japan and Vietnam, Kanagawa Governor Kuroiwa Yuji told Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung in Hanoi on November 18.

The Vietnam Festival in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture opened in Yokohama city on September 10 with the participation of a large number of people from both countries.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh had meetings with the Governors of Kanagawa Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture, Yuji Kuroiwa and Ichita Yamamoto, respectively on May 25 as part of his ongoing trip to Japan.

“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.

An exhibition was held on October 15 in Kanagawa prefecture of Japan to promote its relationship withVietnam and introduce products of the Southeast Asian country to local people.