Japan

This is the first time the a great national unity festival, and a pilot project of great national unity festival initiated by the VFF Central Committee, have been held for the Vietnamese community abroad, aiming to strengthen solidarity, and promote the power of national great unity bloc in the new era.

Watanabe Hiroyuki, Chairman of the Aeon 1% Club Foundation, visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan to present a cash donation equivalent to 50,000 USD to assist those impacted by Storms Bualoi and Matmo in Vietnam.

The Vietnam Pavilion has won the silver award in the Exhibition Design category at Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai in Japan, marking the first time the country has received this honour.

President of the Vietnamese Association in the Kansai region Le Thuong said the festival was not only a joyful day for children but also an opportunity to strengthen solidarity within the Vietnamese community while preserving cultural identity and passing on its values to the younger generations.

Tetsuro Fukuyama, Vice President of the Japanese House of Councillors, highlighted the robust ties under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, noting growing bilateral coordination across multiple sectors for the sake of peace in Asia and global prosperity.

Nguyen Ngoc Ky, President of the Hanoi Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO), said Vietnam - Japan relationship is now at its best in history. In 2023, the two countries upgraded ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, bolstered by robust political trust and substantive cooperation across trade, national defence-security and people-to-people exchange.

The overseas Vietnamese (OV) community, an inseparable part of the great national unity bloc, has played a crucial role as a “bridge” between Vietnam and the international community, while also acting as ambassadors who convey an image of a renewed, dynamic, friendly, and inclusive Vietnam.

Igari Kasumasa, later known as "comrade Phan Lai" in Vietnam, was a former Japanese army officer who left his imperial uniform to join the Viet Minh, forging a lasting connection between Japan and Vietnam. Over 80 years later, his son, photographer Phan The Vong (Igari Masao), continues this legacy, driven by his love for his father’s former homeland.

According to Nakamura, the AO issue in Vietnam has certain similarities to the atomic bomb tragedies in Japan’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. However, the AO tragedy is barely known to the world, including to the American public.

The forum also served as an occasion to celebrate national cultural values, review efforts to teach and promote the Vietnamese language within the Vietnamese community in Japan, encourage scientific and technological collaboration, and highlight the resilience and global integration of Vietnam’s younger generation, full of ambition to progress.

The team’s haul, including one Champion title, 10 golds, seven silvers, and four bronzes, surpassed expectations. Vietnam, competing since 2019, has secured over 200 AIMO medals, cementing its regional standing.

Vietnam officially joined the Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Programme (SSEAYP) in 1996, one year after its accession to ASEAN. The programme offers a unique platform for Vietnamese youth to broaden their horizons, sharpen their skills, and present a dynamic, forward-looking image of the younger Vietnamese generation to the international community.

The training course for Vietnamese language teachers abroad will run over five Saturdays until September 20, focusing on helping teachers select or develop teaching materials, apply appropriate methods, manage classrooms, and coordinate with families and communities in teaching both Vietnamese language and culture.

According to the organisers, the contest is bilingual (Vietnamese and Japanese), held online, and consists of 34 questions. The questions focus on everyday legal topics such as traffic laws, types of scams, how to contact police, and real-life situations often encountered by foreigners, particularly Vietnamese, living in Japan.

Vietnamese Consul General in Fukuoka Vu Chi Mai highlighted the growing demand for Vietnamese workers in Kyushu, especially in Fukuoka, Oita, and Saga prefectures. Currently, the region employs about 35,000 Vietnamese manual workers and over 5,000 IT engineers.

The partnership will focus on studying and recommending LRT routes that connect the city’s transport network with urban development zones, industrial parks, and TOD areas. The research will cover Thu Dau Mot city and surrounding areas, with completion scheduled before August 15, 2025.

A veteran journalist of Japan has praised what he saw while working Vietnam during 2010–2015 as a highly positive development in Vietnam’s external communications efforts.

The initiative, titled the Microchips Engineering and Security Alliance (MESA), aims to cultivate a high-quality workforce in the fields of microchip engineering and semiconductor security.

The event aimed to honour the life and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh while strengthening solidarity among the Vietnamese community in Japan and inspiring their patriotism and national pride.

The donation includes a green laser photocoagulation system for treating retinal disorders and a portable autorefractor-keratometre, which allows for vision screenings outside hospital settings.