We pay a lot of attention to [Tuoi Tre] and it also hosts diverse activities associated with Japan,” Consul General of Japan to Ho Chi Minh City Ono Masuo remarked on Wednesday. Consul General Masuo told Tuoi Tre about plans to celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, which will fall on September 21. Leaders of Tuoi Tre newspaper (L) host a meeting with visiting Japanese Consul General Ono Masuo on August 30, 2023. The consul general also shared that he highly valued this meaningful event and said he will support it as much as possible. Tuoi Tre has a very special interest in Japan as the Japanese and Vietnamese peoples have cultural similarities, he added.