– Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong suggested someorientations for advancing Vietnam - Japan relations during online talks withPresident of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan and Prime MinisterKishida Fumio on February 9.
Underlining that their talks were the first amongactivities marking the 50th anniversary of the countries’ diplomatic ties thisyear, the two leaders agreed to support the two sides’ coordination in holdingcelebratory activities in order to enhance all-round cooperation and liftbilateral relations to a new level, thus generating practical benefits for thetwo peoples.Read full text
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Speaker of theSingaporean Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin both voiced their hope for increasinglyclose-knit, substantive, and fruitful ties between the two countries at theirmeeting on February 9.
The two leaders expressed their delight at thefast and extensive development of their countries’ relations, including thethriving cooperation between the two legislative bodies.Read full text
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 9 received TeoChee Hean, Singaporean Senior Minister & Coordinating Minister for NationalSecurity, as part of his ongoing official visit to the country.
Chinh suggested Teo further his contributions toboosting the Vietnam-Singapore strategic partnership across all fields viaincreasing the bilateral delegation exchanges at all levels and cooperation indefence-security, education-training, science-technology, digital, green andcircular economy, energy transition and innovation, among others.
-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received leaders of Standard Chartered in Singapore on February 9 as part of his official visit to the city state.
He met with Simon Cooper, CEO of the Corporate and Institutional Banking segment for Europe and Americas, and Patrick Lee, CEO of Singapore and ASEAN Markets at Standard Chartered – a British multinational group with operations in investment banking and financial services.Read full text
– Vietnam encourages practical and effective actions toaddress the consequences of war in the country, contributing to strengtheningthe friendship and good cooperative relations between the people of Vietnam andthe Republic of Korea (RoK), deputy spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Doan KhacViet told its regular press conference on February 9.
Viet shared Vietnam’s views on the Seoul CentralDistrict Court’s February 7 ruling requesting the RoK Government to paycompensation for Vietnamese citizen Nguyen Thi Thanh - the plaintiff in thelawsuit regarding the massacre of civilians during the Vietnam war in Phong Nhivillage, Dien An ward, Dien Ban town, Quang Nam central province in 1968.Read full text
- Deputy Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs DoanKhac Viet answered a number of questions related to citizen protection at theministry’s regular press conference on February 9.
Regarding the double earthquake disaster in Turkeyand Syria, Viet said: “Once again, we would like to express our deep condolencesto the Governments and people of the two countries for the irreplaceabledamage.”Read full text
– The Ministry of Public Security on February 9 held asend-off ceremony for personnel deployed for aiding search and rescueactivities in Turkey, which was hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake on February 6.
Addressing the ceremony, Minister To Lam said thedelegation is sent to Turkey for finding victims, providing humanitarianassistance, and helping the people stabilise their lives after the disaster.Read full text
– The Trade Office of Vietnam in India held a webinar onFebruary 8 to update Vietnamese businesses about regulations and procedures foropening branches in the South Asian country.
In his opening remarks, Vietnamese TradeCounsellor in India Bui Trung Thuong noted bilateral trade reached 15 billionUSD in 2022, turning India into the eight biggest trading partner of Vietnam.However, there remains much potential and room for both sides to develop tradelinks. Their markets are large and export structures are highly complementaryto each other.Read full text/.
