A Vietnam – Japan cultural exchange programme was held in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, on September 14 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam – Japan diplomatic ties (1973-2023).

A contest on singing “Tomodachi - Tinh ban” (Tomodachi - Friendship), a Vietnam - Japan friendship song, will be organised from September to December 2023 with a view to helping promote young people’s awareness of the two countries’ connections.

VOV.VN - Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)'s Central Committee, and head of its Organisation Commission received a delegation of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) led by its President Izumi Kenta on August 31.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Steven Winn, senior managing executive officer of the Japanese energy company JERA in Hanoi on July 27.

VOV.VN - Japan welcomes Vietnam’s energy transition efforts and desires to work closely with the Southeast Asian nation towards realizing Japanese initiated Asia-Zero Emissions Community (AZEC) goal, said Tadashi Meadea, governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

VOV.VN - Da Nang welcomes Japanese businesses to invest in the city and is committed to creating the best conditions for Japanese businessmen to live and work in the locality, says Nguyen Van Quang, secretary of the Da Nang municipal Party Committee.

VOV.VN - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide ODA loans worth JPY60,983 million, equivalent to nearly VND11,000 billion, to implement three projects in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A workshop featuring Vietnam- Japan relations was held by Dong A University on July 1 in the central city of Da Nang as part of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang met with former Prime Minister of Japan Suga Yoshihide, Chairman of the Japan - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Nikai Toshihiro, and President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Tanaka Akihiko in Tokyo on May 24 as part of his working visit to Japan.

VOV.VN - VietinBank and MUFG Bank, Ltd. (MUFG) have commemorated 10 years of strategic alliance that enabled both organizations to support the growth of Vietnam’s banking sector and foster deeper Vietnam-Japan business and knowledge exchanges.