The legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea has been an immense source of pride for generations of officers and soldiers in the Vietnam People’s Army and the Vietnam People’s Navy and a symbol of revolutionary heroism for the past 60 years.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 21 hosted a reception for Kidong Park, UN Resident Coordinator and interim, and chief representatives of UN organisations in Vietnam on the occasion of the UN’s upcoming founding anniversary (October 24, 1945 – 2021).

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (RoK) Nguyen Vu Tung on October 20 presented Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s certificate of merit to Honorary Consul General of Vietnam in the RoK’s Busan-Gyeongnam region Park Soo-kwan in honour of his active and effective contributions to bilateral economic, cultural and educational ties.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung and Secretary of State of the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Soeung Rathchavy co-chaired the seventh Vietnam-Cambodia political consultation via videoconference on October 21 to discuss bilateral ties as well as regional and global issues of shared concern.

Vietnam is very well placed within Asia in terms of the general progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative a.i. in Vietnam Terence D. Jones on October 21.

The National Assembly discussed the draft law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Intellectual Property (IP) on October 21, as part of the 15th legislature’s second session.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has sent a message to General Secretary of the Mexican Labour Party (PT) Alberto Anaya Gutiérrez, on the occasion of the annual 25th international seminar themed “Parties and a new society” held by the PT from October 21-23.

The Foreign Ministry held a press briefing on October 21 in the virtual format, in which spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang stressed that the Vietnamese government always seeks ways to support foreign investors, especially in the context of Covid-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Portugal Dinh Toan Thang presented his letter of credentials to Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in Lisbon on October 20.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will announce a list of medical supplies worth 5 million USD that Vietnam contributes to the ASEAN Regional Reserve of Medical Supplies (RRMS) when he attends the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits, Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the Government, ministries, sectors, and localities to make all-round assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic’s socio-economic impacts.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits and related summits via video conference on October 26 – 28 at the invitation of the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam – Chair of ASEAN 2021.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 21 send a message of congratulations to Dame Cindy Kiro after the latter was sworn in as the new Governor-General of New Zealand earlier the day.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 21 handed over appointment decisions to eight ambassadors of Vietnam to European and Asian countries in the 2021-2024 term.