The Foreign Ministry has issued a press communiqué on the agreement on short-term travel between Vietnam and Japan.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission and Chairman of the Vietnam – Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group (VJFPG) Pham Minh Chinh met visiting Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide on October 19.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) places great importance on reinforcing the extensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia between Vietnam and Japan, said NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan during a meeting with the visiting Japanese Prime Minister, Suga Yoshihide, in Hanoi on October 19.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 19 to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who is on an official visit to Vietnam from October 18-20.

VOV.VN - Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide visited the President Ho Chi Minh relic site in Hanoi on October 19 following talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted an official welcome ceremony for his Japanese counterpart Suga Yoshihide at Hanoi-based Presidential Palace on October 19.

VOV.VN - Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide's official visit to Vietnam shows high mutual trust and close cooperation between Vietnam and Japan with a desire to take bilateral relations to new heights in the time ahead.

VOV.VN - Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide left Tokyo’s Haneda airport on October 18 for Hanoi, beginning his first overseas visit to Vietnam and then Indonesia.

Vietnam is a destination that can bring substantial benefit to Japanese investors, Director of the Vietnam Economic Research Institute (OERI) Moribe Hiroyuki said ahead of an official visit by Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide. ​

VOV.VN - Newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide is scheduled to visit Hanoi from October 18 to October 20 as part of his first ever overseas trip, indicating that Vietnam is an important part of Japan’s foreign policy.