The Vietnamese-language version of the music video (MV) Blue Light Yokohama has been widely introduced, attracting great attention as Kanagawa Governor Kuroiwa Yuji performed the famous Japanese song in Vietnamese for the first time.

A ceremony was held in Mekong Delta province of Long An on December 15 to inaugurate the Vietnam-Japan Friendship House.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan held a ceremony on November 22 to present the Prime Minister's certificates of merit to Sojitz Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation in recognition of their contributions to Vietnam-Japan friendship and cooperation.

The Vietnam-Japan friendship and cooperation is growing soundly across all spheres with increasingly strengthened political trust, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long remarked while receiving President Sugiyama Naoshi of Japan’s Nagoya University in Hanoi on June 25.

The Japan-Vietnam Support Association on March 22 organised a musical programme “Que Huong” (Homeland) Programme 2024 in Higashi Osaka city, Kansai region, attracting about 1,000 Vietnamese and Japanese people.

A tree planting event marking the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties (September 21, 1973 - 2023) was held by the central city’s Union of Friendship Organisations and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Da Nang City (JCCID) in Da Nang.

The Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on November 28 convened its fourth congress for the 2023-2028 tenure.

The Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group held its fourth meeting in Hanoi on November 20.

VOV.VN - A fashion show presenting iconic traditional costumes of both Japanese and Vietnamese women, the Kimono and the Ao Dai, got underway on October 12 at the Vietnamese Women's Museum in Hanoi.

The Vietnam-Japan Friendship Golf Tournament 2023 took place in Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture on October 5 with the participation of 33 golfers.