A grand ceremony was held in Hanoi on December 2 to mark Laos’ 45th National Day (December 2) and the 100th birthday of late President Kaysone Phomvihane (December 13).
The US attaches importance to, and wants to promote the comprehensive partnership with Vietnam in a stable and sustainable manner, based on mutual respect for each other’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity and political institutions, said US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien.
The disputes in the East Sea (South China Sea) need to be resolved by the concerned parties, with cooperation of the international community as well as the region, said a Vietnamese expert.
The 12th South China Sea International Conference, with the theme “Maintaining Peace and Cooperation through a Time of Turbulence”, kicked off on November 16 in both the in-person and online formats.
The Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV), in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung), organised an international workshop on enhancing the role of women in peace and security on October 30.
The Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) and the Embassy of Indonesia jointly held a workshop on relations between the two countries in Hanoi on October 26.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide on October 14 delivered a presentation on multilateralism amid rising global geo-political tension and pressure on multilateral system
The second Think Tank Strategic Dialogue between ASEAN member states and the Republic of Korea (RoK) took place on October 6 with the theme “ASEAN-RoK Relations into a New Decade: Towards a Joint Strategic Vision”.
India’s The Diplomat newswire has run an article entitled “India – Vietnam relations: Strong and Getting Stronger” by scholar Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan from the Observer Research Foundation, saying that the two countries continue deepening their relationship.
Amid fierce competition and unexpected developments in the region and the world, ASEAN has exerted every effort to take advantage of opportunities and cope with challenges by strengthening solidarity and maintaining active adaptation.
Amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam, as ASEAN Chair, has managed to formulate a regional comprehensive economic recovery plan, the New Straits Times of Malaysia reported.
An international webinar on prospects for a new bipolar world order and its impacts on Asia-Pacific took place on June 16, gathering leading scholars from Russia, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore and Vietnam.
Vietnam is the fastest-growing digital economy in the region, largely due to investment inflow which is still on an unprecedented rise, The Business Times has reported.
Vietnam and Japan should boost closer cooperation within their extensive strategic partnership framework for peace and prosperity in Asia, said former Japanese Defence Minister Satoshi Morimoto.
An international seminar, entitled “Vietnam and the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Francophone environment”, took place in Hanoi on December 6.
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper affirmed the US has attached importance to its comprehensive partnership with Vietnam while delivering a speech at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in Hanoi on November 20.
Complying with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and promoting the ASEAN’s central role are a policy choice of Vietnam in settling disputes in the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam), said a local official.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
