Vietnam is well-positioned to further develop a more resilient, flexible and sustainable energy system. With rapid economic growth driving rising energy demand, Vietnam has an opportunity to build a modern strategy that balances security, efficiency and sustainability.
A group of eight Vietnamese workers encountered a sea accident triggered by large waves in Japan’s Fukui prefecture on March 21, leaving one person dead, three missing and one injured receiving treatment in hospital, and three others rescued unharmed, reported the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan.
Many members of the Vietnamese community in Japan have expressed their desire for the home country to have an increasingly professional and modern National Assembly (NA) capable of making breakthrough decisions to ensure sustainable development and enhance its standing on the international stage.
Speaking at the event, Nguyen Thu Huong from the Consulate General of Vietnam in Fukuoka extended greetings to Vietnamese women and commended the Kyushu Vietnamese community’s efforts to preserve national cultural identity.
Natural disasters in Vietnam have been increasing in both frequency and intensity. Typhoon No.3 in 2024 (Yagi), along with severe floods, inundation and landslides in 2025, caused significant human and material losses. This underscores the need for targeted and sustainable investments in disaster risk reduction and early warning, particularly for children and vulnerable communities.
The ambassador expressed his delight at the growing strength of the Vietnamese community in Japan and its active contributions to Vietnam’s development as well as to the bilateral ties. Currently, the Vietnamese community in Japan remains the second-largest of its kind in the world, with around 700,000 people and an average annual increase of 50,000–60,000.
A Japanese official emphasised that the SSEAYP plays an important role in nurturing future young leaders, enhancing mutual understanding and strengthening Japan – ASEAN relations.
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.
During the visit, Japanese officers and sailors are scheduled to pay courtesy calls on leaders of the Da Nang People’s Committee, the director of the regional maritime search and rescue coordination centre No. 2, and the Commander of Coast Guard Region 2, as well as visit local cultural and tourist sites.
The contest served as a meaningful platform contributing to the preservation of the Vietnamese language and cultural identity within the Vietnamese community in Japan.
Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance, highlighted the rapid and substantive development of the Vietnam–Japan comprehensive strategic partnership, while hailing the Vietnamese Government’s education reforms, particularly in higher education.
Japan pledged a 1.5 million USD emergency non-refundable assistance package to help address the aftermath of the disasters.
Immediately after receiving the information about the quake off the coast of Aomori prefecture, the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan activated emergency response measures. It took urgent actions under its citizen protection plan, promptly contacting local authorities, relevant agencies, Vietnamese community associations and key liaison points.
By the end of June this year, Japan had received about 200,000 Vietnamese technical interns and 150,000 specified skilled workers, making Vietnam the largest sending country. Many workers returning from Japan have effectively applied the knowledge and skills they acquired there.
Embassy in Japan launches fundraising drive to support disaster-hit communities at home
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang underlined NDN’s long-standing and close attachment to Vietnam, noting that it was among the first foreign media organisations to establish a resident office in the country. During the difficult years of the struggle for independence in the 1960s, NDN was the only foreign media agency operating in North Vietnam.
This is the first time the a great national unity festival, and a pilot project of great national unity festival initiated by the VFF Central Committee, have been held for the Vietnamese community abroad, aiming to strengthen solidarity, and promote the power of national great unity bloc in the new era.
Watanabe Hiroyuki, Chairman of the Aeon 1% Club Foundation, visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan to present a cash donation equivalent to 50,000 USD to assist those impacted by Storms Bualoi and Matmo in Vietnam.
The Vietnam Pavilion has won the silver award in the Exhibition Design category at Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai in Japan, marking the first time the country has received this honour.
President of the Vietnamese Association in the Kansai region Le Thuong said the festival was not only a joyful day for children but also an opportunity to strengthen solidarity within the Vietnamese community while preserving cultural identity and passing on its values to the younger generations.
Tetsuro Fukuyama, Vice President of the Japanese House of Councillors, highlighted the robust ties under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, noting growing bilateral coordination across multiple sectors for the sake of peace in Asia and global prosperity.
Nguyen Ngoc Ky, President of the Hanoi Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO), said Vietnam - Japan relationship is now at its best in history. In 2023, the two countries upgraded ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, bolstered by robust political trust and substantive cooperation across trade, national defence-security and people-to-people exchange.
The overseas Vietnamese (OV) community, an inseparable part of the great national unity bloc, has played a crucial role as a “bridge” between Vietnam and the international community, while also acting as ambassadors who convey an image of a renewed, dynamic, friendly, and inclusive Vietnam.
Igari Kasumasa, later known as "comrade Phan Lai" in Vietnam, was a former Japanese army officer who left his imperial uniform to join the Viet Minh, forging a lasting connection between Japan and Vietnam. Over 80 years later, his son, photographer Phan The Vong (Igari Masao), continues this legacy, driven by his love for his father’s former homeland.
According to Nakamura, the AO issue in Vietnam has certain similarities to the atomic bomb tragedies in Japan’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. However, the AO tragedy is barely known to the world, including to the American public.