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The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations held a get-together on November 16 to mark the 101st Independence Day of the Czech Republic (November 28).

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, now in Indonesia to attend a ceremony for the President and Vice President of the country to take their offices, on October 20 met with the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia, the ASEAN Secretariat and the Vietnamese mission to the regional group.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh held talks with his Bulgarian counterpart Tomislav Donchev on September 30 as part of his ongoing visit to Bulgaria.

A get-together was held in Hanoi on September 15 to celebrate the National Days of Vietnam (September 2) and Hungary (August 20).

Two books on late President Ho Chi Minh’s testament are set to be translated into Russian and published in the country.

Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission Truong Thi Mai hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 11 for a delegation from the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) led by Rodbexa Poleo, first secretary of the PSUV’s Youth Organisation.

Ambassador to Argentina and Paraguay Dang Xuan Dung visited Paraguay from April 24-26 to bolster friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Paraguay and discuss bilateral cooperation programme in 2019.

Following the welcome ceremony in his honour in Prague on April 17, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc later the same day held talks with his host Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis. This came within the Vietnamese leader’s official visit to the Czech Republic from April 16-17.

The Vietnamese Association in the Czech Republic plans to hold its sixth congress and a ceremony marking its 20th founding anniversary in this October.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 15 held talks in Bucharest with his host PM of Romania Viorica Dancila during his official visit to the European country from April 14-16.

The Singapore Tourism Board and the Singaporean Embassy in Vietnam on March 23 morning opened the Singapore Festival 2019, the first of its kind, at the pedestrian street around the Hoan Kiem Lake right in the heart of Hanoi.

A diplomatic delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son visited Chile from March 17-19 and conducted the sixth political consultation between the two foreign ministries.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi on February 27.

The upcoming visit of President Maurico Macri to Vietnam is significant to Argentina due to the important role of the Southeast Asian country in the current overall international relations of Argentina, Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship Jorge Faurie has stated.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong on November 19 extended a greeting message to President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas regarding the 30th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic relations.

More than 300 rare and precious photos and documents featuring the architecture of Sai Gon (now HCM City) from 1698 to 1945 are being exhibited on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in HCM City’s District 1

The fourth Vietnam - Japan culture and trade exchange programme closed on November 4 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on October 30 to honour winners of a logo design contest for the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Canada diplomatic ties (1973-2018).

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has said the Vietnamese legislature is ready to further boost friendship and cooperation with the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Director General of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department Takizaki Shigeki has lauded the solid development of Vietnam – Japan ties over the past 45 years.