VOV.VN - The second Vietnam Festival in Osaka, Japan was jointly held on April 27 by the Vietnamese General Consulate in Osaka in collaboration with the administrations of Japanese prefectures in Kansai region and Vietnamese associations and organizations.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has high hopes that Japan will continue to provide official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnamese development projects, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang.

Vietnam always views Japan as an important and long-term strategic partner, and stands ready to develop the bilateral ties to a stronger and more comprehensive and practical fashion on the basis of its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralism and diversification, a senior Vietnamese Party official has said.

VOV.VN - Many Japanese businesses wish to expand their operations in Vietnam, especially in fields such as high-quality human resource training for supporting industries, software and clean energy production, among others.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 4 for Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance, who is visiting Vietnam in his capacity as Honorary Chairman of the organising board of the ninth Japan-Vietnam Festival in Ho Chi Minh City.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son received Komura Masahiro, member of the House of Representatives and Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, in Hanoi on March 12.

The 9th Japan Vietnam Festival, themed “Hold hands together - From now on”, was held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 9-10, starting a series of cultural, sport, trade and tourism activities between the two countries.

VOV.VN - The ninth Vietnam-Japan Festival is scheduled is set to take place from March 9 t 10 at September 23 Park in Ho Chi Minh City.

Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien led a delegation from the Ministry of Defence to the 13th ASEAN-Japan Defence Vice-Ministerial Forum that opened in Tokyo on January 30.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam jointly organized a seminar in Hanoi on January 18 reviewing 50 years of Vietnam – Japan relations (1973-2023) and outlining orientations for future cooperation.