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The Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony on December 7 to mark Japanese Emperor Akihito’s 85th birthday (December 23).

Twenty disadvantaged students with outstanding academic results of the Hue University received Japanese-funded scholarships worth 300 USD each at a ceremony held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on December 3.

The Vietnam-Japan U13 international football tournament will kick off on December 14-16 in the southern province of Binh Duong.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent a congratulatory letter to his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on September 20 on the occasion of 45th anniversary of the Vietnam – Japan diplomatic relations (September 21, 1973 - 2018).

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force’s submarine Kuroshio docked at Cam Ranh International Port in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on September 17, beginning a five-day visit to Vietnam.

A Vietnam-Japan Festival was held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 16 to mark the 45th anniversary of the Vietnam-Japan diplomatic relations.

A music festival celebrating the 45th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan took place in Hanoi on September 9 night.

The Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam – Japan Friendship Association held a cultural exchange event in the capital city on September 8 to mark the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam – Japan diplomatic relations (September 21, 1973 – September 21, 2018).

A slogan contest for the “Traffic Safety in Vietnam with Doraemon” 2018-2019 programme was launched in Hanoi on September 6 by the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department, in collaboration with the ministry’s Department of Foreign Relations and Japan’s Mainichi Shimbum newspaper.

The Japan Cultural Days in Quang Nam and the 16th Hoi An-Japan Cultural Exchange kicked off in Hoi An city, the central province of Quang Nam on August 17 to mark the 45th anniversary of the Vietnam-Japan diplomatic relations (1973-2018).

The Japan Cultural Day in Quang Nam and the 16th Hoi An-Japan Cultural Exchange will take place in Hoi An city, the central province of Quang Nam from August 17-19.

A conference to promote tourism cooperation between the central city of Da Nang and Japan was held in the city on July 26 as part of the 2018 Vietnam-Japan Cultural Exchange Festival.

Exchanges of female members between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan will create a new channel of cooperation for the Vietnam-Japan strategic partnership, said Truong Thi Mai, Head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission on Mass Mobilisation, on July 11.

Ho Chi Minh City pledges to work with Japan to deploy cooperation programmes to foster economic, cultural and educational ties and people-to-people exchanges this year, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong.

As many as 200 representatives of nearly 80 travel firms of Vietnam and Japan gathered for a meeting held by the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) in Ho Chi Minh on January 25.

The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam held a ceremony in Hanoi on January 9 to launch activities celebrating the 45th founding anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic relations in 2018.

The Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival 2018 will be held in March around the statue of King Ly Thai To in Hoan Kiem district to mark 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties.

The Vietnam Festival 2017 will take place at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, Japan on June 10-11, heard a press conference in Tokyo on May 17.