VOV.VN - A special concert was held in Sakai city of Japanese prefecture of Osaka on April 6 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Japan.

VOV.VN - The eighth Vietnam - Japan Festival and the second Vietnam – Republic of Korea (RoK) festival will be held from July 13 to July 16 and September 7 to September 9 respectively in the central coastal city of Da Nang, according to the Da Nang Department of Foreign Affairs.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has hailed the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) and Japanese corporate leaders’ efforts to boost economic, trade and investment ties between the two nations.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General To Lam on March 6 hosted a reception for Secretary-General of Japan's National Security Secretariat (NSS) Takeo Akiba, during which he called for the regular exchange of information between the two sides to strengthen their practical cooperation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam considers Japan a reliable, important and long-term strategic partner that shares many common strategic interests, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Director-General of the Japan's National Security Secretariat Takeo Akiba in Hanoi on March 6.

VOV.VN -Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairwoman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians Group, Truong Thi Mai on February 27 received Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan - Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance (JVFPA) who is on a visit to Vietnam for the 8th Vietnam - Japan Festival 2023.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam – Japan Festival, the eighth of its kind, was officially launched on February 25 in Ho Chi Minh City as part of activities to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City expects the Japanese government and Japanese partners will diversify forms of cooperation with HCM City, to help improve the city’s integration capacity and the effectiveness of cooperation in the southern key economic region and other localities.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai received Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance, on February 23 to discuss the organisation of the eighth Vietnam - Japan Festival.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 12 for Hanazumi Hideyo, Governor of Japan's Niigata prefecture, during which the Vietnamese leader suggested that Niigata foster partnership with Vietnamese localities.