Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is on a tour to Europe from October 14 – 21 during which he will attend the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit (ASEM 12) in Brussels, Belgium, that will focus its discussion on the theme “Europe and Asia: Global Partners for Global Challenges.”
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s upcoming visit to Denmark at the invitation of Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is expected to help boost the comprehensive partnership between the two countries.
Vietnam is proud to be a dynamic and responsible member of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) over the past more than two decades, leaving significant imprints in the forum’s history since its founding in 1996, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt agreed to offer mutual consultations on regional and global issues of shared concern during their talks in London on October 10.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s trip to Japan for the 10th Mekong – Japan Summit and a visit of the country demonstrates the importance that Vietnam attaches to its extensive strategic partnership with the Northeast Asian nation.
Vietnam has proposed initiatives to enhance the role of the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership (ASEP) and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in coping with climate change.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc highlighted the role and importance of multilateral diplomacy to Vietnam’s development, as well as the country’s important contributions to the United Nations’ common tasks, during a recent interview granted to the media.
Vietnam wants to develop traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Poland, one of its prioritised partners in East-Central Europe, said Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh.
The Vietnam-Japan relations have developed sustainably thanks to similarities in the two peoples’ characteristics - industriousness and honesty, which help enhance mutual trust, according to Japanese former Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsuhito Asano.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue on September 18 suggested the Government agencies of Vietnam and Bulgaria support the two countries’ enterprises in fostering their investment and trade cooperation in the time ahead.
Vietnam and Hungary issued a joint statement on the establishment of their comprehensive partnership on the occasion of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to Hungary from September 8-11.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban agreed to lift bilateral ties to comprehensive partnership level
A ceremony was organised in Dai Tu district, the northern province of Thai Nguyen, on August 31 to receive the certificate recognizing Doi Giang area in Thang Loi village, Tien Hoi commune, the first venue to host a credential receipt ceremony of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945-1976), as a national relic site.
The diplomatic sector has efficiently served the national revolutionary cause and made worthy contribution to the country’s strong rise from the ruin of war to become a symbol of peace, stability, unity and harmony, renovation and development, according to the country’s top diplomat Pham Binh Minh.
There is substantial room for Vietnam and Singapore to further develop their strategic partnership, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore Tao Thi Thanh Huong.
Bernd Lange, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade, has said he expects the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) to be signed at the Asia-Europe Meeting Summit in October or sometime in November this year.
The Vietnam-Belgium Friendship Association and the Belgian Embassy in Vietnam have held an exchange in Hanoi to mark the 187th National Day (July 21, 1831) of the European nation and 45 years of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (March 22, 1973).
The upcoming official visit to Romania by Deputy PM and FM Pham Binh Minh and his spouse from July 6-7 aims to reaffirm Vietnam’s consistency in its foreign policy and deepen the efficiency-oriented cooperation between the two countries, Vietnamese Ambassador to Romania Tran Thanh Cong has affirmed.
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