Vietnam and Japan on August 7 agreed to promote their cooperation in e-Government building in the Southeast Asian country in the time ahead.

The Vietnam Festival 2019 in Japan opened in Tokyo on June 8, seeing the attendance of Akie Abe, spouse of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Natsuo Yamaguchi, President of the Komeito Party, and officials from the Japanese government.

  National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung held talks with President of Japan's House of Councillors Yamazaki Masaaki in Hanoi on December 7, during which they agreed to enhance the two parliaments’ cooperation.

 President of Japan's House of Councillors Yamazaki Masaaki began an official visit to Vietnam from December 7.

Vietnam and Japan agreed to boost collaboration at international and regional forums at their 6th strategic dialogue in Tokyo, Japan on December 4.

 President of Japan's House of Councilors Yamazaki Masaaki will pay an official visit to Vietnam from December 7-10.

Japan will continue providing official development assistance (ODA) worth 172 billion JPY (1.4 billion USD), bringing total Japanese ODA for Vietnam to a record 300 billion JPY (2.5 billion USD) in fiscal year 2015.

The signing of a joint statement expanding the partnership between Vietnam and Japan has opened the door to new long-term cooperative efforts in outer space technology between Vietnam and Japan.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung paid an official visit to Japan and attended the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit and the Fifth Mekong - Japan Summit in Tokyo from December 12-15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay an official visit to Japan from December 12-15 at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, and attend a commemorative summit

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Television and Tokyo Broadcasting System will jointly shoot a film in June and July this year as a gift to Vietnamese and Japanese audience on the occasion of the 40 th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

Six industries including consumer electrics/electronics, food processing, ship building, agriculture machinery, environment and energy saving, automobile/car part manufacturing have been defined as the six key industries.