VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio have consented to step up cooperation across multiple fields such as investment, trade, agriculture, energy, and the environment.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a State-level ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on May 1 to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio who is on an official working visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had an informal meeting with his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio following his arrival in Hanoi for an official visit on April 30 evening.

The Vietnam-Japan relations are growing robustly, said Motoyoshi Ryokichi, former General Secretary of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association, ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s official visit to Vietnam as part of his first long trip overseas since taking office.

VOV.VN - Vietnam- Japan relations have made great strides towards opening up a new period, and will continue to grow and flourish in the future, according to Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio.

A first-instance trial will start on May 12 on former Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong and 13 other defendants involved in the case relating to the trading of counterfeit medicines, lack of responsibilities causing serious consequences; and the abuse of positions and power while on duty.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on April 27 called at the Vietnamese Embassy in Vientiane upon his arrival there for an official visit to Laos.

Minister of Public Security General To Lam met with Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service (EEAS), in Hanoi on April 28, asking for further support from the EU in cyber security protection.

VOV.VN - Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is due to make an official visit to Vietnam from April 30 – May 1, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on April 27.

VOV.VN - More than 8,000 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on April 27, including 6,688 detected within the local community.