The visit of Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko to Vietnam beginning February 28 will be an important landmark in Vietnam-Japan relations, according to Vietnam’s Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Quoc Cuong. Vietnam's Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Quoc Cuong Ambassador Cuong said both the Emperor and Empress are looking forward to the trip. Cuong said that the first trip of the Emperor to Vietnam

Japan is expected to make strong investment in Vietnam in 2017, according to Cong Thuong (Industry & Trade) newspaper. Vietnam has so far attracted more than 22,000 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth about 300 billion USD from 116 countries and territories. Japanese investors account for 3,300 of the total projects with a total registered capital of nearly 42 billion USD, more tha

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe agreed to increase political trust by maintaining high-level exchange visits and meetings, and increasing the efficiency of dialogue mechanisms at their talks in Hanoi on January 16. During their talks immediately after the welcome ceremony, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc hailed PM Shinzo Abe as the first foreign high-ranking leader to

On January 16, Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong, President Tran Dai Quang and National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan affirmed Vietnam's desire to deepen extensive strategic partnership with Japan while receiving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Hanoi. Meeting with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, the Party leader reiterated Vetnam’s unwavering policy of further deepening its extensive strategic pa

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe begins on January 16 a two-day visit to Vietnam, the last leg of his first trip abroad in 2017. Prime Minister Abe and his spouse are visiting Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc after touring three other Asia – Pacific countries – the Philippines, Australia and Indonesia. The visit reflects the importance that Japan attaches

          The Year 2017 is a special year- when ASEAN celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Vietnam always considers Japan its top and long-time partner, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong while receiving newly appointed Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Umeda Kunio in Hanoi on December 14.   He congratulated the ambassador on taking office when the bilateral strategic partnership is thriving. The Party leader said he believes that the diplomat, with his experience, will make ac

  CPV Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Phạm Minh Chính (L) meets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said  that he wants stronger cooperation between his country’s Liberal Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV). Meeting with the head of the CPV Central Committee’s Organisation Commission, Phạm Minh Chính, in Tokyo, Abe expr