Posts Tagged ‘Japan’
It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan’s space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.
The government has just picked a group of companies and a team of researchers tasked with turning the ambitious, multi-billion-dollar dream [...]
5,500 tonnes of poly propylene to be shipped to Japan
QĐND – Friday, October 23, 2009, 21:15 (GMT+7)
Dung Quat oil refinery is expected to ship 5,500 tonnes of propylene to Japan on Oct. 23.
The country’s first refinery, which is located in the central Quang Ngai province’s Binh Son district, resumed operation on Oct. 1 [...]
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan has appreciated Japan’s assistance to Vietnam to develop education.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan opens the first conference of Vietnamese and Japanese university heads in Hanoi on September 17 (Photo: Nhan Dan)
He was speaking at [...]
A travelling promotional tourism program, “Vietnam Show 2009,” kicked off in Japan last week.
Many destinations of the country are presented in the promotional tourism program in Japan.
The program, featuring cultural activities such as a fashion show, performances of traditional music and dances, opened in Sakai City, Osaka, where the Consulate General of Vietnam was [...]
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VRC) has signed a deal with the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tokai), regarding the training of engineers in the use of Japanese high-speed rail technology. Under the terms of the newly-inked agreement, the first group of 10 engineers will be sent to Japan to attend the course, [...]
Hanoi (VNA) – Central bankers of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will hold regular meetings to discuss regional economic and financial issues, Chinese media reported on December 10. The mechanism is aimed to enhance dialogue among the financial policymakers of those countries, China’s central bank said in a statement. The exchange will [...]
Seoul (VNA) – Police chiefs of Seoul and Tokyo agreed on December 4 to set up a hotline and strengthen cooperation to combat cyber crime, local media reported.Kim Seok-ki, commissioner of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, reached the agreement with Toshiro Yonemura, superintendent general of Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department, during the latter’s visit to Seoul, Yonhap [...]
Tokyo (VNA) – Singapore and Japan will share their expertise on water management with developing countries that are facing water resources scarcity, Singapore’s Foreign Ministry and the Japan International Cooperation Agency said in a joint statement on November 26.The two countries are organising a 12-day workshop on water resources management for government officials, mainly from [...]
Tokyo (VNA) – Japan will lead a group of Asian nations seeking to jointly develop, construct and launch a satellite, local media reported. The move is aimed at bolstering Japan’s standing in space development and helping to improve the engineering expertise of its regional neighbours, Asahi newspaper said. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will [...]
Hanoi (VNA) – The World Bank and Japan have agreed to launch a 3 billion-USD fund at the global lending agency to help recapitalise embattled financial institutions in developing countries feeling the pinch amid the global financial crisis. Japan will contribute 2 billion USD and the WB 1 billion USD to the new fund, WB [...]