The art of Japanese cooking was nudged closer to locals and visitors to the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang September 25 as part of activities to mark the 50th founding anniversary of the Vietnam – Japan diplomatic relations.

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong and his wife on September 22 received Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko who are on an official visit to Vietnam.

The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam - Japan diplomatic relations (September 21, 1973 - September 21, 2023). During the past 50 years, the relations between the two countries have been strengthening and developing in fields.

VOV.VN - Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan hosted a welcome ceremony on September 21 at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi for Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, with the pair currently on a six-day working trip to Vietnam.

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.