Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, accompanied by a high-level delegation of Vietnam, arrived in Kuala Lumpur at 11am on November 21 (local time), starting their three-day official visit to Malaysia, at an invitation of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his spouse.
Welcoming them at Kuala Lumpur International Airport were Malaysia’s Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation Chang Lih Kang and his wife; chief protocol officer Datuk Rozainor bin Ramli; Malaysian Ambassador to Vietnam Dato’ Tan Yang Thai; and Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia Dinh Ngoc Linh, among others. Read full story
- Vietnam and Malaysia have elevated their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership on the occasion of the ongoing official visit to Malaysia by Party General Secretary To Lam.
Co-chairing a press conference following their talks on November 21, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stressed the significance of the Vietnamese Party leader’s three-day visit marked by the upgrade of the relationship. Read full story
- National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam’s Party and State left Hanoi on November 21 for an official visit to Cambodia, where the top legislator will attend the 12th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) and the 11th Plenary Session of International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace (IPTP).
The four-day trip is made at the invitation of President of the Cambodian People's Party Samdech Techo Hun Sen, President of the Cambodian National Assembly Samdech Khuon Sudary, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the ICAPP Chung Eui-yong. Read full story
- The trip to Cambodia by National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man is expected to contribute to strengthening strategic trust, deepening the bilateral relationship, as well as promoting cooperation between the two nations’ legislative bodies, Vice Chairwoman of the NA Committee for External Relations Le Thu Ha has said.
Man is leading a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Party and State to pay an official visit to Cambodia and attend the 12th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) and the 11th Plenary Session of International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace (IPTP) from November 21-24. Read full story
- Prof. Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi from the Kuala Lumpur-based University of Malaya has described economic cooperation as the main pillar of the relationship between Vietnam and Malaysia.
According to the professor, Vietnam is among the ASEAN member states with which Malaysia has maintained a long-standing relationship, elevated to a strategic partnership in 2015. Read full story
- National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man’s official visit to Cambodia, combined with his participation in the 12th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) and 11th Plenary Session of International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace (IPTP), promises to unlock new cooperation opportunities between the two nations.
According to Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, bilateral trade relations between Vietnam and Cambodia have grown robustly, playing a pivotal role in driving socio-economic development in each country and strengthening their comprehensive cooperation. Read full story
- Vietnam has freshly secured re-election as a member of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for the 2025-2031 term, garnering 175 out of 183 votes.
This marks the Southeast Asian nation’s second term on the legal body, following its initial tenure from 2019 to 2025. In Asia-Pacific, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea joined Vietnam in securing the membership. Read full story
- The first Vietnam Dialogue, a thematic forum on capital investment in Vietnam, convened on November 19 in Frankfurt, Germany, bringing together Vietnamese and German enterprises in banking, capital management, and financial technology.
Initiated by the German consulting firm Vietnam Advisors, the event aimed to establish a platform connecting policymakers, banks, finance, and technology firms, and top legal experts to foster collaboration in capital and financial technology between the two nations./. Read full story
