Vietnam-Japan relations are expanding across a wide range of areas, with people-to-people exchanges remaining an important foundation alongside cooperation between the two Governments, agencies and businesses, Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu has said.

After 53 years of diplomatic ties, Vietnam and Japan are expanding cooperation from trade and investment into technology, security and green growth, with Ambassador Ito Naoki calling mutual trust their most valuable asset.

The first Vietnamese Cultural Festival in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, drew large crowds of Japanese residents and Vietnamese expatriates. The event showcased Vietnamese culture while strengthening people-to-people ties between the two countries.

Quang Ngai-born engineer Huu Qui has become the first Vietnamese member of a volunteer fire brigade in Japan’s Toyama City.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung attended and delivered a speech at the 2026 Vietnam-Japan Local Cooperation Forum in Hue city on September 6.

A Vietnamese language proficiency assessment, based on the six-level Vietnamese language proficiency framework for foreigners, has been held on computers for the first time overseas at the Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka, Japan.

Vietnam and Japan have launched a semiconductor workforce development group involving four leading Vietnamese engineering universities, alongside a new innovation space at Hoa Lac.

Vietnam’s role in global technology chains is beginning to change as companies bring more R&D into the country and Vietnamese engineers join product development.

Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that one Vietnamese citizen was killed and several others injured following the powerful earthquake that struck Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture.

The National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) on July 22 announced the selection results and signed funding agreements for five Vietnam-Japan joint research projects in semiconductors for 2026.

Vietnam and Japan agreed to work closely to realise the agreements reached during Prime Minister Takaichi’s visit to Vietnam in May.

Senior defense officials from Vietnam and Japan met in Tokyo to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation and strengthening regional security ties.

Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang has invited Yamato Holdings, one of Japan's leading logistics groups, to study investment opportunities in warehousing and cargo transport infrastructure at Gia Binh International Airport.

Vietnam and Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture are seeking deeper cooperation in education, high-tech agriculture, youth exchanges and sustainable development for ethnic minority communities.

Vietnam’s 108 Military Central Hospital on June 22 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan’s Toho University Graduate School of Medicine.

Vietnam’s Vinh Thanh Dat Food JSC on June 18 exported its first container of ready-to-eat eggs to Japan.

The People's Committee of northern Phu Tho province and Japan’s Meiko Group on June 12 broke ground on Meiko Yen Quang semiconductor manufacturing plant at Yen Quang Industrial Park.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hoang Long held a working session with Representative Director and Executive Vice President of Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (IKC) Atsuhiko Hirano in Hanoi on June 12.

The Ministry of Finance signed 11 on-lending agreements worth 39.256 billion JPY (250 million USD) with eight northern mountainous provinces to implement two major projects funded by Japan’s official development assistance (ODA), in Hanoi on June 12.