General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam meets Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae during her official visit to Vietnam, Hanoi, May 2, 2026. (Photo: VNA)Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko feed fish at Uncle Ho's fish pond at the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site within the Presidential Palace complex, September 21, 2023. (Photo: VNA)Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF)'s destroyer JS Asahi, led by Colonel Jio Takemasa, Commander of JMSDF Escort Flotilla Two, docks at Tien Sa Port, beginning a four-day goodwill visit to Da Nang from April 2–5, 2026. (Photo: VNA)Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the Hue Imperial City, 2017. (Photo: VNA)Prime Minister Le Minh Hung hosts an official welcome ceremony for visiting Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae, May 2, 2026. (Photo: VNA)Party General Secretary To Lam takes a ride on Metro Line No. 1 (Ben Thanh–Suoi Tien), Vietnam's first underground railway line and Japan's largest ODA-funded project in the country, Ho Chi Minh City, February 22, 2025. (Photo: VNA)
Vietnam - Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership continues to deepen
More than five decades after establishing diplomatic relations and three years after upgrading their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Vietnam and Japan have continued to deepen their cooperation across a growing range of areas, with increasingly substantive and effective outcomes.
