General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam meets Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae during her official visit to Vietnam, Hanoi, May 2, 2026. (Photo: VNA)
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam meets Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae during her official visit to Vietnam, Hanoi, May 2, 2026. (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Le Minh Hung hosts an official welcome ceremony for visiting Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae, May 2, 2026. (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Le Minh Hung hosts an official welcome ceremony for visiting Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae, May 2, 2026. (Photo: VNA)
Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the Hue Imperial City, 2017. (Photo: VNA)
Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the Hue Imperial City, 2017. (Photo: VNA)
Vietnamese children warmly welcome Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko during their official visit to Vietnam, 2023. (Photo: VNA)
Vietnamese children warmly welcome Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko during their official visit to Vietnam, 2023. (Photo: VNA)
Party General Secretary To Lam takes a ride on Metro Line No. 1 (Ben Thanh–Suoi Tien), Vietnam's first underground railway line and Japan's largest ODA-funded project in the country, Ho Chi Minh City, February 22, 2025. (Photo: VNA)
Party General Secretary To Lam takes a ride on Metro Line No. 1 (Ben Thanh–Suoi Tien), Vietnam's first underground railway line and Japan's largest ODA-funded project in the country, Ho Chi Minh City, February 22, 2025. (Photo: VNA)
Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF)'s destroyer JS Asahi, led by Colonel Jio Takemasa, Commander of JMSDF Escort Flotilla Two, docks at Tien Sa Port, beginning a four-day goodwill visit to Da Nang from April 2–5, 2026. (Photo: VNA)
Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF)'s destroyer JS Asahi, led by Colonel Jio Takemasa, Commander of JMSDF Escort Flotilla Two, docks at Tien Sa Port, beginning a four-day goodwill visit to Da Nang from April 2–5, 2026. (Photo: VNA)
Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko feed fish at Uncle Ho's fish pond at the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site within the Presidential Palace complex, September 21, 2023. (Photo: VNA)
Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko feed fish at Uncle Ho's fish pond at the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site within the Presidential Palace complex, September 21, 2023. (Photo: VNA)
The plaque-raising and ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the inauguration of Dai An Tokyo Pagoda, the first Vietnamese pagoda in Tokyo, May 31, 2026. (Photo: VNA)
The plaque-raising and ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the inauguration of Dai An Tokyo Pagoda, the first Vietnamese pagoda in Tokyo, May 31, 2026. (Photo: VNA)
Yen Xa Wastewater Treatment Plant in Thanh Liet ward, Hanoi, is the largest of its kind in northern Vietnam and a key project financed by Japanese ODA loans. With a treatment capacity of 270,000 cu.m per day, the plant was inaugurated on August 19, 2025. (Photo: VNA)
Yen Xa Wastewater Treatment Plant in Thanh Liet ward, Hanoi, is the largest of its kind in northern Vietnam and a key project financed by Japanese ODA loans. With a treatment capacity of 270,000 cu.m per day, the plant was inaugurated on August 19, 2025. (Photo: VNA)
A motorcycle production line at Honda's Phuc Yen factory in Vinh Phuc province. (Photo: VNA)
A motorcycle production line at Honda's Phuc Yen factory in Vinh Phuc province. (Photo: VNA)
A programme of traditional Japanese arts performances takes place at the Tam Chuc tourist site during Ha Nam Culture and Tourism Week 2023, May 14, 2023. (Photo: VNA)
A programme of traditional Japanese arts performances takes place at the Tam Chuc tourist site during Ha Nam Culture and Tourism Week 2023, May 14, 2023. (Photo: VNA)
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Vietnam - Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership continues to deepen

More than five decades after establishing diplomatic relations and three years after upgrading their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Vietnam and Japan have continued to deepen their cooperation across a growing range of areas, with increasingly substantive and effective outcomes.