The Philippines and Kuwait on May 11 signed an agreement to resolve recent tensions regarding labour export.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance and the Kuwait Fund have signed a loan agreement worth over 13.3 million USD for a multi-target development project for ethnic minority-inhabited areas in poor communes of Xin Man district, northern mountainous Ha Giang province.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on April 29 that the ban on the dispatch of Filipino workers to Kuwait is "permanent".

Diplomatic tensions related to worker abuses between the Philippines and Kuwait continue escalating with the Southeast Asian nation showing its dissatisfaction with Kuwait’s expulsion of the Filipino Ambassador on April 25.

Kuwait and Vietnam are ready to promote bilateral economic and trade relations, the Kuwait News Agency said, citing comments by Fahad Al-Joan, a member of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Deputy Foreign Minister of Vietnam Vu Hong Nam and Assistant Foreign Minister Ali Suleiman Al-Saeed of Kuwait co-chaired the third Vietnam – Kuwait political consultation in Hanoi on March 19.

The Consulate General of Kuwait in Ho Chi Minh City on February 26 held a celebration to mark the country’s 57th National Independence Day (February 25) and 27th Liberation Day.

Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabad left Hanoi on May 7, successfully closing his two-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vietnam considers Kuwait one of its top partners in the Middle East, President Tran Dai Quang said when receiving Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabad in Hanoi on May 6.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc assured his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabad that Vietnam values friendship and cooperation with Kuwait and Middle Eastern countries.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has suggested Vietnam and Kuwait promote bilateral cooperation in fields of their strength in order to deepen their ties.

Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabad starts his official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 6.

The upcoming official visit to Vietnam by Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah from May 5-7 is expected to give a boost to bilateral cooperation in various fields

The Ministry of Finance and the Kuwait Fund signed on March 11 in Ho Chi Minh City a loan agreement for a project to supply medical equipment to the Chau Doc General Hospital in An Giang.