Trade between Vietnam and Japan reached US$21.7 billion in the first half of this year.

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There are about 3,000 hectares of lotus cultivation in the Mekong Delta, mostly for seed production.

Professor Hibino Terutoshi, a sushi expert, said Vietnamese cuisine has many similarities with the traditional art of making sushi in Japan.

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Vietnamese and Japanese artists will perform in a concert to commemorate the victims of natural disasters in Japan, bringing hope for a better future and strengthening people-to-people exchanges.

Japanese artist Higashimura Akiko published a manga about the love story between Araki Sotaro, a merchant from Nagasaki, and Princess Ngoc Hoa of the Nguyen Lord about 400 years ago.

Japan and Việt Nam will celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year, with cultural events lifting the friendship and mutual understanding between the people of the two nations.

Vietnam needs to enhance international cooperation and give solutions to raise funds from domestic and international private sectors to realize its net zero emission target by 2050.