VOV.VN - Japanese authorities have identified a Japanese man suspected of threatening to shoot down a Vietnam Airlines plane over Tokyo Bay in early January.

VOV.VN - New US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper arrived in Hanoi on January 27, with him and his family now undergoing quarantine.

VOV.VN - Local swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang was voted as the best athlete of 2021 following a string of successful achievements throughout the year, the National Sports Administration and the Vietnam Olympic Committee announced on January 5.

VOV.VN - A Vietnam Airlines plane was forced to be diverted to land after a man through a phone call threatened to shoot down the plane over Tokyo Bay on January 5.

VOV.VN - Hanoi capital welcomed the first international flight of 2022 from Tokyo, Japan, with 143 Japanese passengers on board on January 1, according to the Hanoi Department of Tourism.

VOV.VN - Regular international flights carrying passengers in both directions between the nation and Japan will be operated by Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Japan Airlines, and All Nippon Airways as of January 1, 2022.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Japan has been widely reported by the Japanese media, with several outlets running articles on the visit, with a particular focus on talks held with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on November 24.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with the speakers of the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives of the Japanese National Diet in Tokyo on November 24 as part of his official visit to the Northeast Asian nation.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio have noted with pleasure the development of bilateral ties and agreed on major orientations and measures to open up a new development period for the Vietnam-Japan extensive strategic partnership.

Japanese newspapers on November 12 commented on Japan’s 1-0 victory against Vietnam in the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers.