- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and hisLao and Cambodian counterparts Phankham Viphavanh and Samdech Techo Hun Sen hada breakfast meeting in Belgium on December 14, the first of the trio after theCOVID-19 pandemic was put under control.
The leaders, who are in Belgium to attend the EU-ASEAN Commemorative Summitcelebrating 45 years of diplomatic relations, stated the special friendship andsolidarity of their countries have been increasingly consolidated andcomprehensively developed, despite complicated changes in the global andregional situations. Read full story
- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with his Spanish counterpartPedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón on the sideline of the ASEAN-EU CommemorativeSummit marking 45 years of diplomatic ties in Brussels, Belgium, on December14.
The meeting took place at a time when the two countries are celebrating the45th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations (1977-2022). Read full story
- The European Union (EU) considers Vietnam one of its most important partners in the Indo-Pacific region, said Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice-President of the European Commission (EC).
Borrell made the remarks at a meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son in Belgium on December 13 on the sidelines of the EU-ASEAN Commemorative Summit celebrating 45 years of diplomatic relations. Read full story
- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hailed the cooperation between the Vietnam NewsAgency (VNA) and the Republic of Korea’s Yonhap News Agency during areception for Yonhap President and CEO Seong Ghi-hong in Hanoi on December14.
At the reception, which also saw the presence of VNA General Director Vu VietTrang, President Phuc welcomed Seong to Vietnam at a time when the twocountries are celebrating the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties. Read full story
- Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man has affirmedthat Vietnam wants to strengthen and further develop its strategic partnershipwith Indonesia towards the 10th founding anniversary of the strategicpartnership next year.
During a reception in Hanoi on December 14 for Chairman of theCommittee for Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation under the IndonesianPeople’s Representative Council Fadli Zon, Man lauded the two legislatures forresuming the direct exchange of delegations after the COVID-19 pandemic, sayingparliamentary cooperation will contribute to the bilateral strategicpartnership. Read full story
- Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieut. Gen Nguyen Duy Ngoc held a workingsession with head of the Belgian general department in charge of identity andcitizenship affairs Philippe Moreau in Brussels on December 14 (local time) toshare experience in building a population database and connecting it with thenational databases for socio-economic development. Read full story
- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised up its economic growth forecastfor Vietnam to 7.5% this year, from 6.5% as projected in September, givenregional and global gloom.
In its freshly released Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022, the ADB said hasalso revised the Vietnamese inflation forecast down to 3.5% from 3.8% inSeptember. Read full story
- An exhibition titled ‘Remember Barbara’ opened at the Vietnamese Women'sMuseum in Hanoi on December 14, telling the stories of 14 women who are livingwitnesses of World War II.
The exhibition is theresult of an eight-year project by French documentary photographer and videographerMaureen Ragoucy, who went to visit the women in France, Italy, England,Germany, Poland, Hungary, the US and Japan. At the time of the war, thesepeople had to leave their homelands, flee from slums, be imprisoned, or facethe loss of loved ones. Read full story./.
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