Four Vietnamese were among the five workers awarded the title of excellent foreign construction workers of Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport during a ceremony held on March 23.
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on March 22 held phone talks with President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Prime Minister of Japan Suga Yoshihide.
A ceremony was held in Hanoi on March 17 to mark the reception of the Japanese Government-sponsored equipment for the Government Information Reporting System of Vietnam.
Many Japanese businesses investing in Vietnam have been seeking cooperation in joint-surveys, research and human resources exchange with local universities as a crucial step to expand in Vietnam beyond Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
Twenty-two young intellectuals representing ten ASEAN member states and Japan, on March 16, adopted a joint declaration in which they expressed their concern over marine plastic waste and gave 13 recommendations.
A policy research forum was held in Hanoi on March 15 to look into the enhancement of Vietnam-Japan cooperation for the sustainable energy development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) in the post-pandemic period.
About 36.1 percent of Japanese enterprises doing business in Malaysia intend to further expand their operations in the next one to two years, mainly in the food, precision medical equipment and transportation, according to an annual survey by the Japan External Trade Organization.
Vietnam continues to be one of the important sources of workers for Japan’s economic recovery and development in the post-COVID-19 period, according to the Japanese magazine Modern Business.
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong has extended a message of congratulations to Japanese Emperor Naruhito on his 61st birthday on February 23.
As of 8:00am on February 14 (Japanese time), no Vietnamese casualties had been reported following a powerful earthquake that struck off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, on February 13 night.
The Embassy of Vietnam and a number of Vietnamese representative agencies and expats in Malaysia on February 12 offered incense to late President Ho Chi Minh as a gesture to pay tribute to their root on the occasion of Tet (Lunar New Year).
Despite a raft of difficulties plaguing 2020, nearly 47 percent of Japanese businesses investing in Vietnam said they will expand operations in the next one or two years, the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) said on February 8.
Prof. Tran Van Tho, a former lecturer at Japan’s Waseda University suggested several measures for Vietnam to achieve sustainable economic development in the next period in an interview recently granted to a Vietnam News Agency reporter in Tokyo.
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