The Vietnamese and Japanese Governments signed documents on non-refundable aid in the 1975 fiscal year in Hanoi on October 11, 1975. (Photo: VNA)
 
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Vo Van Kiet (centre) received a high-ranking delegation of the Japanese Government led by member of the House of Representatives Kamei on January 4, 1992 on January 4, 1992. (Photo: VNA)

Japanese Prime Minister T. Murayma (right) shook hand with Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nong Duc Manh on December 12, 1995. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Phan Van Khai (centre, in black suit) and a delegation of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) led by Chairman and CEO Osamu Watanabe, in Hanoi on August 4, 2003. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Phan Van Khai attended the opening ceremony of the Vietnam Festival in Yokohama, Japan, from June 4-6, 2004. (Photo: VNA)

President Nguyen Minh Triet (right) hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on November 20, 2006. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung delivered a speech at a working session of the National Diet of Japan on October 19, 2006. (Source: VNA)

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe inspected the guard of honour in November 2006. (Photo: VNA)

President Nguyen Minh Triet and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda signed the Vietnam-Japan Joint Statement on November 27, 2007. (Photo: VNA)

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh (middle) attended the opening ceremony of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Japan's Fukuoka prefecture on April 22, 2009. (Source: VNA)

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh (right) met Japanese Emperor Akihito on April 20, 2009, in Tokyo. (Photo: VNA)

President Nguyen Minh Triet visited a factory of Mitsubishi in Japan's Aichi prefecture on November 15, 2010. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (front, right) and his Japanese counterpart Naoto Kan signed the Vietnam-Japan Joint Statement on October 31, 2010. (Photo: VNA)
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