The Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (VJEPA) was signed on December 25, 2008 and has been effective since October 1, 2009.

The Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was negotiated in 2007. After 9 official negotiation sessions, the two sides signed the VJEPA on December 25, 2008. This Agreement took effect on October 1, 2009. Like the AJCEP, this is a comprehensive economic agreement on trade in goods, services, investment and economic cooperation.