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A Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) delegation is participating in the 105th Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland from June 6-10.

Vietnam has actively contributed to global health issues during the 139th meeting of the governing bodies of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said.

Oversea Vietnamese in Switzerland have organised Vietnamese-language classes as a way of preserving Vietnamese culture.

About 50 Vietnamese and people from other nations in Switzerland on April 23 protested in Zurich against Chinese violations of Vietnam’s maritime sovereignty and international law in the East Sea.

Overseas Vietnamese in Switzerland and the Switzerland-Vietnam Friendship Association held an exhibition and a forum on Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea in Geneva on April 16.

Vietnam always supports sincere dialogue and substantial cooperation between Myanmar and international partner, the country said at the UN Human Rights Council’s dialogue on human rights in Myanmar.

A delegation of Vietnam's finance, customs and taxation officials has met with officials of the World Trade Organisation and the Swiss Federal Customs Administration and Federal Department of Finance.

Indonesia and Switzerland discussed measures to boost economic and trade cooperation during the political dialogue and the meeting of the Joint Economic and Trade Committee in Bern, Switzerland.

Switzerland has continuously attached significance to developing the bilateral relations with Vietnam, said Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga.

Vietnam’s traditional culinary arts fascinated foreign friends at the International Bazaar held at the UN Headquarters on November 24 to raise funds for disadvantaged children around the world.

A delegation of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communications and Education held working sessions with leaders of the Swiss Party of Labour in Bern, Switzerland on November 17.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Switzerland Pham Hai Bang has praised the efforts made by the association of Swiss families that adopt Vietnamese children to help orphans and the elderly in Vietnam.

Vietnam has been elected as a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s Executive Committee at its recent 133rd assembly.

Vietnam has proposed several solutions to migration, which has become a global issue, at the 133rd IPU-133 currently taking place in Geneva, Switzerland from October 17 to 21.