Hanoi, Oct. 20 -- Vietnam and Japan are taking concrete steps to deepen cooperation in semiconductor development - a strategic industry driving global digital transformation - through the first Vietnam-Japan Semiconductor Symposium (VJSS 2025) held recently in Osaka, Japan.

Jointly organised by the Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals in Japan, the Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka, the Vietnam-Japan Intellectual Women Association, and the Vietnamese Academic Network in Japan (VANJ), the symposium gathered nearly 100 in-person participants, including scientists, business leaders and experts from both countries, along with hundreds more joining online.

In his opening remarks, Vietnamese Consul General in Osaka Ngo Trinh Ha said th...