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Vietnamese lender VPBank on March 27 signed an agreement to sell its 15 percent stake to Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) through a private placement.

The Tourism Department of the central coastal city of Da Nang held a ceremony to receive the first direct flight from Narita airport in Tokyo, Japan that returned to the city after a long halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic on March 26.

An international photo contest is open for students aged 15-18 years from countries and areas, including Vietnam.

The Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative has significantly contributed to improving the domestic business environment and raising Vietnam’s competitiveness in foreign direct investment attraction, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The 8th Vietnam-Japan Festival kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on February 25 under the theme of “Vietnam-Japan stand side by side towards the future, reaching out to the world”.

Vietnam remains one of the 10 countries receiving the most remittances in the world, according to the recent Migration and Development Brief by the World Bank and the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 9 for former Prime Minister of Japan Suga Yoshihide, during which the Vietnamese leader noted his belief that bilateral relations will grow more comprehensively in the time ahead.

Nikkei Asia, a news service in Japan, ran an article on January 6 saying that Vietnam's offshore wind power sparks an influx of foreign investment.

Realizing his dream of introducing domestic agricultural products in general, and seedless lemons in particular, to the world, a Vietnamese man has sweated heavily.

Nearly 200 Vietnamese citizens arrived home from Japan on a free flight operated by the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on December 29 ahead of the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the ASEAN Summits with Japan, the US and Canada in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on November 12.

A delegation of HCMC high-ranking officials led by Vice Chairwoman of the HCMC People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang has paid a 7-day visit to Japan from October 23-29.

Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, on October 10 hosted a reception for Matsuzawa Tomoko, Director for Defense Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Region of the International Policy Division of the Defense Policy Bureau under the Japanese Ministry of Defense, who is also head of Japan’s experts' working group on peacekeeping.

Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Dao Ngoc Dung had a working session with Japanese Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) Katsunobu Kato in Tokyo on September 5, suggesting that the Japanese side consider the exemption of residence tax and income tax for Vietnamese interns as applied to those from other countries.

Vietnam has arranged a booth designated to popularize 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.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received former Special Ambassador for Vietnam-Japan Sugi Ryotaro in Hanoi on August 19.

 

An exhibition themed “ Ningyō : Art and Beauty of Japanese Dolls” exploring the Japanese doll and its culture that have been nurtured in the history and folklore of Japan will be held at the HCMC Fine Arts Museum from May 13-29.