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The Vietnam-Israel relations have made significant steps over the past 25 years, particularly in trade, investment and education.

The Israel Water Week is taking place in Hanoi from July 9-13 with a string of activities to promote sustainable management of water resource, the Embassy of Israel in Vietnam said on July 9.

A delegation from the Israeli city of Nazareth, led by its Deputy Mayor Youset Ayad, worked with authorities and toured shrimp farms in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on July 6, seeking partnership opportunities for importing shrimp.

The Ministries of Public Security of Vietnam and Israel should increase the exchange of information and experience in preventing and combating crime, especially transnational crime, said Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. To Lam.

More than 130 students, including 50 Vietnamese nationals, on June 28 graduated from an international agricultural programme at the Sedot Negev Agriculture Centre in the south of Israel.

Vietnam and Israel reached progress during the fifth round of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two nations which was recently held in Jerusalem city.

Deputy Defence Minister Seninor Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception for UK Ambassador to Vietnam Giles Lever in Hanoi on May 28, during which he highlighted major strides in bilateral defence cooperation.

Vietnamese Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of the Vietnam Permanent Mission to the UN, the WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, has stressed that Vietnam protests the use of force in the Gaza Strip.

A Vietnamese delegation attended a special session on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, held by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 18.

Vietnam keeps a close watch on and is concerned about the escalating violence in the Gaza Strip over the past days, leaving many Palestinians dead and injured, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has affirmed that Vietnam did not send any representative to a reception hosted by the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Israel on May 13 on the occasion of the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem.

Representatives from Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and businesses participated in the 20th International Agricultural Exhibition and Conference (Agritech 2018) in Israel on May 8-10.

Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 8 for Director of Israel’s Defence Export and Cooperation Agency Mishel Ben Baruch, who is on a working visit to Vietnam to seek ways to strengthen bilateral defence ties.

The Israeli Embassy in Vietnam held a music show by famous Israeli singer Achinoam Nini (Noa) in Hanoi on April 28 evening in celebration of the 70th anniversary of National Day of Israel and the 25th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.