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Nuclear reform opens India's nuclear power sector to foreign firms, but critics highlight safety and supply chain gaps.

Going beyond providing living support and helping Cambodian students adapt to the culture and lifestyle of Vietnamese families during their years of study in Viet Nam, sponsorship activities are increasingly being viewed by many individuals, businesses, and collectives of the Viet Nam-Cambodia Friendship Association in a broader sense: linking real-life experience, career orientation, and long-term companionship as the students grow into adulthood.

On December 17, as part of activities to strengthen Vietnam-Japan relations, Hanoi Party Secretary Nguyen Duy Ngoc received a delegation from the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam, led by Japanese Ambassador to Hanoi Ito Naoki, to exchange views on strategic cooperation orientations in the new phase and to share experience in long-term development.

On December 15, 2025, the award ceremony of the 2025 contest titled “Storytelling, drawing, singing and poetry recitation about Uncle Ho for children” was held at the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan (Tokyo).

On 16 December 2025, ANDPAD Inc. (Headquarters: Minato City, Tokyo; Representative Director: Takeo Inada; hereinafter "ANDPAD"), which operates a cloud-based construction project management service bearing its name, has newly launched language support for Indonesian, Thai, Taiwanese Mandarin (Traditional Chinese), and Spanish in the ANDPAD app, effective today.

On 15 December 2025, Media OutReach Newswire, Asia Pacific's first global newswire, has expanded its press release distribution network in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), affirming its position as the leading global newswire for ASEAN, Southeast Asia, and the wider Asia Pacific region.

As part of its annual work plan, a delegation of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association, led by Standing Vice President of the Association Bui Khac Son, paid a visit to and held working sessions in Japan from December 5 to 10, 2025. The primary objective of the visit was to strengthen people-to-people friendship between Vietnam and Japan, and to gradually further expand connections and coordination with Japanese friendship organizations with Vietnam, as well as with organizations and individuals in Japan.

Vietnam News Today (Dec. 12):

The press and media are playing a pivotal role in strengthening the presence of the Vietnamese language and expanding its reach within overseas Vietnamese communities. Through news articles, reports, teaching programs, and digital platforms, information on preserving, learning, and using Vietnamese is continuously disseminated, thereby fostering social consensus and connecting generations of overseas Vietnamese with their roots.

The Vietnamese community in Japan currently numbers nearly 600,000 people and continues to grow. Preserving the Vietnamese language in Japan has become an important and sacred mission, as language is the soul, the cultural heritage, the national identity, an essential means of communication, and the bond connecting generations. It enables a people to survive and develop, especially in the context of globalization. At an international scientific conference on language, researchers and Vietnamese-language educators emphasized the need for a more methodical approach, with appropriate teaching materials and bilingual support in the classroom.

On November 30, in Tokyo, the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, in coordination with the Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs, organized “Vietnam Labor Day in Japan 2025”, honoring the contributions of the Vietnamese labor community, while affirming its quality and increasingly prominent position in the Japanese labor market.

On 2 December 2025, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent's leading infrastructure solutions provider, has closed a landmark US$524 million equivalent dual-currency Samurai term loan facility. The transaction marks AFC's largest Samurai loan to date and reinforces the Corporation's growing footprint in Japan's capital markets amid rising investor confidence in its credit fundamentals.

Hikaru Watanabe was honored on stage at the 19th Vietnamese Speech Contest in Japan held on November 2, shining under the lights and applause. Holding the microphone, he spoke about his journey to the Vietnamese language: the early days of confusion in Hanoi, friendships formed in the classroom, familiar pho shops, and moments of saying things wrong and then laughing together. In that moment, Hikaru Watanabe was not only a contestant but also living proof of the connecting power of language, an inspiration to foreign friends who love Vietnamese.

Vietnam News Today (Dec. 1):

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, agreed Sunday to deepen their countries' cooperation in a wide range of areas including security as well as the economy and investment.