Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong highly valued the positive and fruitful cooperation between the Vietnam People’s Navy and the JMSDF, saying that this has helped enhance professional skills and technical expertise while fostering friendship and mutual understanding between the two forces.
Two-way trade reached 42.5 billion USD in the first ten months of 2025, up 11% year on year, and is on track to surpass 50 billion USD for the first time. Investment from Japan rose 18% in the same period.
Gunma and other Japanese localities are encouraged to continue accompanying Vietnam in its new phase of development, with new, substantive, and effective areas of cooperation such as sustainable high-tech agriculture and industry, high-quality human-resource training, as well as expanding into new fields including rare earths, artificial intelligence (AI), quantum science.
The PM said he believes that the forum will serve as an opportunity to strengthen practical cooperation between businesses and localities of both countries, creating momentum for the Vietnam–Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang met with Ozeki Kenji, Director of the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, to discuss cooperation in training high-quality human resources.
Kuroiwa Yuji, Governor of Kanagawa prefecture, affirmed Kanagawa’s commitment to further strengthening cooperation with Vietnam in labour, cultural and people-to-people exchange, and in encouraging more Kanagawa enterprises to invest in Vietnam.
During a reception in Hanoi on November 3 for the Japan - Vietnam Friendship Association in Kansai’s President Nishimura Teiichi, PM Pham Minh Chinh thanked the group’s three-decade backing of Vietnam, including support for the 100,000-plus Vietnamese living and studying in Kansai.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung held separate meetings with his Cambodian, Thai, Philippine and Japanese counterparts in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 27 on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.
At the end of the 28th ASEAN–Japan Summit in Malaysia, the ASEAN and Japan leaders adopted the Joint Statement on Further Promotion and Implementation of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP).
On the same day, on behalf of the Government, Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son came to the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam to write in the funeral book in tribute to the late Japanese leader.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 21 sent a message of congratulations to Sanae Takaichi, President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), on her election as the 104th Prime Minister of Japan.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception for Governor of Gunma prefecture Yamamoto Ichita in Hanoi on October 21, calling on the Japanese locality to expand investment in Vietnam.
Japanese Professor Natsume Nagato has been reappointed Vietnam’s Honorary Consul in Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture for another three years.
Party General Secretary To Lam on October 4 sent a congratulatory message to Takaichi Sanae on her election as President of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong called on Japan to facilitate and simplify procedures as well as work toward visa exemptions for Vietnamese citizens to boost people-to-people exchanges.
Vietnam always considers Japan a top priority partner and a sincere and trusted friend on the path towards its development goals, with inter-parliamentary cooperation serving as an important channel to deepen substantive, comprehensive, and effective ties, said NA Vice Chairman Tran Quang Phuong.
Policy formulation and evaluation in Japan follow a flexible model that seeks to move away from the notion of “absolute infallibility” in administration, according to a Japanese expert.
Highlighting Vietnam’s push for institutional and legal reforms and development goals in a new era, Phuong affirmed Vietnam’s desire to deepen its Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Japan, especially through locality-to-locality cooperation, a hallmark of the bilateral ties.
The visit, he noted, will focus on promoting parliamentary cooperation and sharing legislative experiences in emergency response, disaster management, cybersecurity, energy security, and digital transformation in the public sector. These areas not only strengthen ties between the two legislatures but also help bring the bilateral relationship to greater substance, delivering tangible benefits to the people.
Bilateral relations are now at their closest stage ever, with substantial progress made across science and technology, innovation, digital and green transformation, strategic infrastructure, energy, environment, and investment climate improvement, says Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki.
The Vietnamese community in Japan, now nearly 700,000 strong and the second-largest foreign community in the country, has not only integrated well into the host society but also actively maintained its cultural identity, language and traditions.
Vietnam consistently regards Japan as one of the most important partners and a sincere and reliable friend, and considers parliamentary cooperation an important channel to promote the bilateral relations substantially, comprehensively, and effectively.
Deputy PM Le Thanh Long called for expanding cooperation between Osaka and Vietnamese localities in areas such as IT, artificial intelligence, and semiconductor, while also proposing additional direct air routes to boost tourism and exchanges.
Representatives of the upper and lower houses expressed their willingness to share Japan’s experience in election, and noted hope for stronger cooperation between the two countries across all sectors.
President Luong Cuong highlighted the delegation’s packed agenda of exchanges with young members of the 15th National Assembly and the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, saying such interactions serve as important and substantive channels to raise mutual understanding between both nations’ young leaders.