Vietnam and Japan have become important partners of each other since they established diplomatic ties 45 years ago (September 21, 1973).


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The Vietnamese and Japanese Governments signed documents on non-refundable aid in the 1975 fiscal year in Hanoi on October 11, 1975.
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Vo Van Kiet (centre) received a high-ranking delegation of the Japanese Government led by member of the House of Representatives Kamei on January 4, 1992 on January 4, 1992.
Japanese Prime Minister T. Murayma (right) shook hand with Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nong Duc Manh on December 12, 1995.
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai (centre, in black suit) and a delegation of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) led by Chairman and CEO Osamu Watanabe, in Hanoi on August 4, 2003.
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai attended the opening ceremony of the Vietnam Festival in Yokohama, Japan, from June 4-6, 2004.
President Nguyen Minh Triet (right) hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on November 20, 2006.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung delivered a speech at a working session of the National Diet of Japan on October 19, 2006.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe inspected the guard of honour in November 2006.
President Nguyen Minh Triet and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda signed the Vietnam-Japan Joint Statement on November 27, 2007.
Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh (middle) attended the opening ceremony of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Japan's Fukuoka prefecture on April 22, 2009.
Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh (right) met Japanese Emperor Akihito on April 20, 2009, in Tokyo.
President Nguyen Minh Triet visited a factory of Mitsubishi in Japan's Aichi prefecture on November 15, 2010.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (front, right) and his Japanese counterpart Naoto Kan signed the Vietnam-Japan Joint Statement on October 31, 2010. 

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