National Assembly Chairwoman receives outgoing Japanese Ambassador

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân praised the work of Japanese Ambassador to Việt Nam Umeda Kunio to promote relations between Việt Nam and Japan as well as between the two countries’ parliaments.

HCM City instructs apartment buildings to strengthen preventive measures against COVID-19 The HCM City Department of Construction has urged district administrations to instruct the managements of apartment buildings to strengthen preventive measures against COVID-19 infection to ensure residents’ safety.

Japanese businesses to invest in Việt Nam’s services and retail

Services and retail are forecast to attract a large amount of Japanese direct investment into Việt Nam this year.

Japan provides HCM City non-refundable grant of $16.8m to upgrade sewer system HCM City and the Japanese Government on Feb 21 signed an agreement for non-refundable aid worth JPY1.882 billion (US$16.84 million) to upgrade the city’s existing sewerage system using trenchless technologies.

Pollution in Xuân Đài Bay to be treated A project to clean up Xuân Đài Bay will be officially launched this month, according to the Phú Yên People’s Committee.

Ambassador takes a toast for Japan, VN co-operation On February 23, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan will turn 60 years old. On this occasion, Ambassador of Japan Kunio Umeda sends Việt Nam News readers a message to celebrate.

Project to better research and education at Việt Nam-Japan University inked in Hà Nội An agreement to enhance the education, research and university management capacity of Việt Nam-Japan University (JVU) was signed between the university and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) today in Hà Nội.

Japan offers testing reagents aids amid fears of new cases

Deputy health minister Đỗ Xuân Tuyên on Friday warned the number of the coronavirus infections in Vĩnh Phúc Province – the biggest cluster detected in Việt Nam so far – was likely to increase in the coming days.

Japanese teacher with a love for Việt Nam

Shuto Mika, a volunteer Japanese teacher in Đà Nẵng, has fallen in love with the Vietnamese monochord.

VN has much work to do in reducing GHG emissions

Jun Ichihara, Chief Advisor of the project to ‘Support Planning and Implementation of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions’ speaks with Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Hằng about the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) work to help Việt Nam reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.