The Mie Prefectural Government has signed a memorandum with Vietnam's labor ministry and Hanoi University of Science and Technology on securing

Many Japanese firms are planning to expand their operations in Vietnam this year to exploit the country's growth potential.

I am 79 years old and currently living in Switzerland. In the past, I spent six years studying and living in Japan. After reading about Vietnam's new traffic penalties and the public's reaction to stricter fines,

Ministry officials are considering the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia and Djibouti as recipients because they are all geopolitically important partners for Japan ...

As Vietnam’s stock market struggles to gain momentum, foreign billionaires, particularly from Thailand and Japan, are seizing opportunities to acquire stakes in leading companies across strategic sectors.

Food is also symbolic for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. In the North, Banh Chung, a sticky rice cake with banana leaves, is typically the most popular dish. In Central Vietnam, the savory Bánh Tét cake with rice and green beans is often used to celebrate the new year. Thịt Kho Tàu – a pork and egg dish – is very popular in South Vietnam.

This move aligns Japan with 14 other countries that have already incorporated the T-6 Texan II into their training fleets.

ROGER W. FERGUSON, JR., is the Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.

From Beijing to Hanoi and Moscow, the holiday — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in Korea — is a major festival celebrated by diaspora communities around the world. Wednesday marks the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac.

President Donald Trump’s high-stakes bid to use natural gas exports as leverage to expand US influence in Europe and Asia appears to be gaining early traction.

India's steel trade deficit widens to ₹31,350 crore in FY25, with China dominating imports and flat steel prices declining.

Launched in December 1986, Vietnam’s “reform” era (đổi mới) came to an end in August 2024. Domestic political events in the ensuing months ushered the country into a new era, although the coming period may turn out to be a Gramscian interregnum, when “the old is dying and the new cannot be born.”