The annual Japanese Film Festival kicked off at Cinestars Hai Ba Trung, downtown Ho Chi Minh City on November 2, with 11 Japanese films released over the last three years to be screened to November 17.
The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 3 inaugurated the Vietnam – Japan Friendship Industrial Park, as part of the activities to mark the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the bilateral diplomatic ties.
Representatives of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and Japan’s Hyogo prefecture held a conference in Vietnam’s southern economic hub on November 2 to look for ways to promote the economic cooperation between the two localities.
The 4th Vietnam – Japan Culture and Trade Exchange Programme was opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 2 jointly by the municipal People’s Committee, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), and the Japanese General Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City.
The National Hospital of Tropical Diseases and the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) signed a record of discussions for a cooperation project to set up a bench-to-bedside system for sustainable anti-virus (ARV) and HIV prevention in Vietnam.
Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hosted a reception on November 2 for Governor of Japan’s Hyogo prefecture Ido Toshizo.
Can Tho University and Brain Works Asia Co., Ltd of Japan launched a new office for the Centre for Advanced Technology Research and Renovation in the university on November 2, which aims to strengthen technological application in production, especially aquaculture and rice cultivation in the Mekong Delta region.
More than 100 CEOs of Japanese businesses will direct fly to Can Tho City on November 1 to attend a series of activities to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties which run until November 4.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc reaffirmed the Vietnamese Government’s commitment to creating favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from Japan’s Saitama prefecture, while receiving its Governor Kiyoshi Ueda on October 26.
Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh hosted Professor Kenichi Ohno from Japan’s National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), and Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Kunio Umeda on October 26.
The People’s Committee of the southern province of Tra Vinh on October 25 organised a cultural exchange programme to tighten the friendship between Vietnam and Japan.
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