25-03-2020 09:51
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Umeda Kunio in Hanoi on March 24, highlighting the two countries’ stronger relations during the diplomat’s tenure.
21-03-2020 11:44
The Tokyo Olympics should be postponed, according to a senior member of the Japan Olympic Committee, adding her voice to a growing chorus calling for Tokyo 2020 to be delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
21-03-2020 10:22
Projects invested by Japanese investors or funded by Japanese official development assistance (ODA) capital have played a crucial role in economic development of Vietnam and Hanoi in particular, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.
20-03-2020 11:47
The Government has decided to temporarily suspend unilateral visa exemption for citizens from Belarus, Russia and Japan from March 21 as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
20-03-2020 10:45
The Olympic flame arrives in Japan on Friday (Mar 20), with what should have been a joyous celebration dramatically downscaled as doubts grow over whether the Tokyo Games can go ahead during the coronavirus pandemic.
18-03-2020 15:00
Despite the complexities of the COVID-19 pandemic, shrimp exporters and processors still see a bright future ahead thanks to new markets, and boosting exports to traditional markets which have cut imports from China such as the United States, Japan, and Europe.
16-03-2020 18:11
Vietnam shows the highest concern that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a personal financial impact, according to the latest poll by Ipsos, the world's third-largest market research company.
16-03-2020 13:02
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) cut its benchmark interest rate to near zero while the Bank of Japan has called an emergency meeting to discuss policy.
10-03-2020 19:08
The central city of Da Nang’s tourism promotion centre has inked an agreement on tourism promotion in Japan with Sunrise Group Asia (Sunrise Da Nang) company, looking to expand to new tourism markets in the future.
10-03-2020 10:25
International carriers with strong operations in Vietnam such as Korean Air and Japan Airlines are stepping up precautionary measures to ensure safety for passengers and crews amid the COVID-19 outbreak, with some losses being forecast this year.
09-03-2020 11:01
Japanese clothing giant UNIQLO is making strides in Vietnam, with two recently-opened stores and several more in the pipeline. General director and COO of UNIQLO Vietnam Osamu Ikezoe talked with VIR’s Nhat Ha how the company is planning to communicate the philosophy of UNIQLO LifeWear to Vietnam’s shopaholics.
07-03-2020 10:55
Seoul suspended a visa waiver programme for Japanese nationals on Friday (Mar 6) in retaliation for what it called an "irrational" plan by Tokyo to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, escalating a diplomatic row over their containment measures.
06-03-2020 15:00
Japanese investors are continuing to ramp up operations in Vietnam through investing in greenfield projects and conducting mergers and acquisitions in 2020.
06-03-2020 10:18
Twelve countries will this weekend eye the finals of the Davis Cup, the venerable 120-year-old team competition suddenly confronted with the global spread of a very modern deadly virus.
06-03-2020 09:49
The Da Nang Centre for Tourism Promotion will join hands with Sunrise Group Asia Co., Ltd. (Sunrise Danang) in supporting Japanese tourists.