Ministers attending the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Bangkok in August will welcome recent talks between leaders of the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The number of international visitors to Vietnam in the first six months of 2019 was estimated at 8.5 million, up 7.5 percent compared to the same period last year, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) said at a press conference on July 9.
Vietnam has provided 5,000 tonnes of rice as humanitarian aid to help the people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) overcome the consequences of natural disasters.
Vietnam will continue to raise ASEAN's position at the United Nations (UN), particularly after being voted to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the second time, according to an article published on June 11 by Thailand’s Bangkok Post newspaper.
Security has been tightened at every corner of the roads to the meeting venue of the 18th Shangri-La Dialogue to ensure safety for participating politicians who are defence ministers and officers of nearly 50 countries in the Asia-Pacific.
Vietnam and Norway issued a joint statement on the official visit to Norway by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc as well as agreements reached by the countries’ leaders during the visit.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has suggested that Vietnam and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) should tighten and consolidate judicial cooperation in the time ahead.
Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry has coordinated with relevant agencies, the Vietnam Bar Federation, and the Embassy of Vietnam in Malaysia to implement all necessary citizen protection procedures for Doan Thi Huong to return home right after she is released.
Top leaders of Vietnam on April 18 sent messages of congratulations to new leaders of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), who were elected at the first session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA).
The Vietnam National Art Troupe successfully conducted a performance in Pyongyang on April 14. The event came within the framework of a programme to celebrate the birthday of DPRK leader Kim Il-sung.
The Vietnam National Art Troupe led by Party Central Committee member and permanent deputy head of its Popularisation and Education Commission Vo Van Phuong successfully conducted a performance in Pyongyang on April 15.
A Vietnamese art delegation has visited the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and joined in art activities in the country from April 11-16 at the invitation of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong on April 13 sent a message of congratulations to Chairman of the Workers’ Party of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un on his re-election as head of the State Affairs Commission.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has stated that Vietnam attaches importance to cooperation with Europe, with France as a priority partner.
Covering the second DPRK-USA Summit in Hanoi in February, US-based Cable News Network (CNN) wrote an article on changes of the capital city turning itself into a city promoting peace.
President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in will hold a summit with the leaders of ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries in November, the RoK’s Presidential Residence said on April 1.
The Vietnamese Government, Foreign Ministry, relevant agencies, and Vietnam Bar Federation have implemented citizen protection measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese national Doan Thi Huong in her trial in Malaysia, the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang said.
Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, the only defendant in the case related to the murder of a man holding a DPRK passport with the name of Kim Chol, might be released in the first week of May, possibly May 8.
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