The 9th Vietnam cultural festival in Osaka that featured a re-enactment of the Hung Kings commemoration ceremony attracted tens of thousands of participants, including members of the Vietnamese community living, studying, and working in Japan, alongside local residents and international visitors.
The two-day event carries special significance as it coincides with nationwide celebrations of the success of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Jointly organised by the Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals in Japan, the Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka, the Vietnam–Japan Intellectual Women Association, and the Vietnamese Academic Network in Japan (VANJ), the symposium gathered nearly 100 in-person participants, including scientists, business leaders and experts from both countries, along with hundreds more joining online.
Vietnam Airlines resumed direct flights between Japan’s Osaka and Da Nang on July 3, with Flight VN337 marking the first service on the route after a long hiatus.
The Osaka–Da Nang route will operate four times a week on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays, adding to the existing daily Narita–Da Nang service, bringing the total number of weekly flights from Japan to Da Nang to 11.
Under the MoU, TikTok will partner with the department to support Vietnam’s presence and activities at global events such as World EXPOs—starting with EXPO 2025 in Osaka, Japan, scheduled from April 13 to October 13.
The Vietnam Culture Festival 2025 in Japan's Sakai city is not only an opportunity to preserve and promote Vietnamese culture but also serves as a bridge to bring the image of Vietnam and its people closer to Japanese friends.
Consul General of Vietnam in Osaka Ngo Trinh Ha emphasised that the 100,000-strong Vietnamese community in the Kansai region is continuously striving to maintain and promote the Vietnamese language through cultural activities that enhance awareness of national identity among the youth.
Lao Ambassador to France Kham-Inh Khitchadeth and the embassy’s staff visited the Vietnamese Embassy in France on August 31 to offer congratulations on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2, 1945-2024).
Ba Ria - Vung Tau is delighted to promote economic partnerships with Izumiotsu city of Japan’s Osaka prefecture and expand bilateral ties to other fields, an official of the southern Vietnamese province said on May 21.
The Vietnamese General Consulate in Osaka in collaboration with authorities of Japanese prefectures and Vietnamese associations and organisations in Kansai region has held the second Vietnam Festival in Osaka, Japan.
Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 8 for a delegation of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance of Osaka prefecture led by its Chairman Wada Kenji, who is on a visit to Vietnam from November 7-11.
The Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka and the Japan’s festival organisation committee on June 10 held a ceremony to launch the Vietnam Festival 2023, an activity marking the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan.
A business matching event was held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 15 to help Vietnamese enterprises seek partners and opportunities for export to Japan.
A total of 15 Vietnamese enterprises participated in the M-Tech Osaka 2022 expo on October 5-7 in Osaka, Japan, with the aim of enhancing cooperation and developing technologies in the country.
Vietnam has arranged a booth designated to popularise the protection of its sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagos at a Vietnamese food and consumer goods fair in Osaka, Japan.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced a plan to increase flight to Asian destinations such as Japan and India, considering the strong recovering demand for air travel.
The procuracy agency of Osaka has proposed a sentence of 18 years in jail for a Dominican man who allegedly murdered a Vietnamese student in the Japanese prefecture.
Vietnamese diplomatic missions in Japan will continue to coordinate with Japanese agencies for the urgent investigation into the death of a Vietnamese man in Osaka while implementing necessary citizen protection measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang informed at a regular press conference of the ministry held online on August 5.
Vietnam Airlines announced on October 13 that all of its flights from and to Japan will run on normal schedule starting October 14, after being rescheduled due to super typhoon Hagibis that hit the country.
