Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung received Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Vietnam Mohammed Ismaeil A. Dahlwy in Hanoi on April 9, during which they discussed measures to promote labour cooperation between the two countries.

The focus of border management and protection between Vietnam and neighbouring countries has shifted from demarcation to cooperation for development, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has said.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium Nguyen Van Thao on April 9 visited the Lao Embassy in Brussels to extend New Year wishes to officials of the embassy on the occasion of Laos’ traditional New Year Festival Bun Pi May.

Vietnam and the Czech Republic have huge potential to bolster cooperation, especially the fields of their strengths and demands such as education-training, skilled human resources training, renewable energy, and green transition, Vietnamese Ambassador Duong Hoai Nam has said.

Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), World Trade Organisation (WTO), and other international organisations in Geneva, received representatives from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)’s Division for Asia and the Pacific on April 9.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son’s official visit to Thailand from April 10 to 12 is important to promoting the two countries’ strategic partnership as well as their foreign ministries’ cooperation, thus consolidating the foundation for elevating bilateral ties to a new level, a diplomat has said.

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on April 9 cabled a message of condolences to Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi over a shipwreck off the northern coast of Mozambique that left more than 100 people dead and missing.

The Vietnam-China Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) and the China-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China held a working session on April 9 in Beijing within the framework of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s official visit to China.

The Presidents of the Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland (SFDCM), the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC), and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) gathered at their 5th conference in Vientiane on April 9.

The Permanent Mission of Vietnam in Geneva on April 8 came to congratulate the Lao Permanent Mission on the traditional festival Bunpimay of Laos.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA)'s Economic Committee Vu Hong Thanh on April 9 met with Chairman of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress of China (NPC) Zhong Shan in Beijing within the framework of the official visit to China by NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on April 9 discussed and imposed disciplinary measures on some Party members committing wrongdoings in the provinces of Vinh Phuc, Quang Ngai, Phu Yen, Ha Giang, and Gia Lai.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam visited the Lao Embassy in Canberra on April 9 to offer greetings on the traditional Lao New Year festival of Bun Pi May.