Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had a meeting with Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament Karu Jayasuriya on the fringes of the 138th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Sri Lanka recently held a get-together in celebration for the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Sri Lanka has launched an international tender to purchase 200,000 tonnes of rice, providing an excellent opportunity for Vietnamese rice exporters.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has sent congratulations to D.E.W. Gunasekara on his re-election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka.

Vietnam and Sri Lanka will provide favourable conditions for their enterprises to seek business and investment opportunities, senior diplomats have said.

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are negotiating an urgent purchase of about 400,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand to replenish their falling stocks which were caused by severe droughts and floods, according to Thai media.

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his spouse left Hanoi on the evening of April 18 to wrap up their official visit to Vietnam from April 16 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

President Tran Dai Quang reiterated Vietnam’s consistent policy of treasuring traditional friendship and all-around cooperation with Sri Lanka during a reception in Hanoi on April 17.

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe held talks in Hanoi on April 17.

The visit looks to ratchet up cooperative fields of Sri Lanka’s interest, including trade, investment, telecommunications, fish farming, machinery manufacturing, and the production of building materials.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his wife will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 16-19.

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking of Thailand has revised up prediction for the country’s 2017 export growth on the back of brighter local and global economic outlook.

Leaders of Malaysia and Sri Lanka have reaffirmed the determination to raise bilateral relations to a new level through Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s visit to Malaysia.

Vietnam wants to further the traditional friendship and cooperation with Sri Lanka, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on their sideline meeting.