Vietnamese Coast Guard Ship 8004 (CSB 8004), under the command of Colonel Le Thanh Hai, Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Region 1, will visit Kobe city (Japan) from September 24.

For more than 30 years, labor cooperation programs between Vietnam and Japan have achieved not only significant economic benefits but also contributed to social security development for businesses and the general public of the two countries.

Out of 200 FDI projects in Thanh Hoa Province, 17 of them are from Japanese enterprises, with a total investment of about US $6,6 billion, said Nguyen Van Thi Vice Chairman of Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee.

On Nov 22 at the Embassy of Japan in Hanoi, Professor Tran Van Tho (Graduate School of Social Sciences, Waseda University) held a presentation of his book "Japan's Economy Miracle 1955-1973 and Implications for Vietnam today" as part of an event series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Vietnam - Japan diplomatic relations.