Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and other ASEAN ministers attended the 19th ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC-19) Council Meeting and the 23rd Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC-23) on June 22 in Bangkok as part of the 34th ASEAN Summit.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s presence at the upcoming 34th ASEAN Summit will contribute to tightening ASEAN solidarity, promoting the central role of the bloc, expanding and deepening relations with its partners, and facilitating sustainable development of each member state.
The Moroccan Government wants to enhance cooperation with Vietnam in various spheres and will make every effort to promote relations between the two governments, Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani has said.
Vienam and the Republic of Korea have sign memorandum of understanding on technical standards and regulations for management of the electric power system.
Vietnam and the Czech Republic should help their defence businesses to seek cooperation opportunities in military trade and defence industry, Deputy Defence Minister Phan Van Giang has said.
The newspaper VietnamPlus of the Vietnam News Agency won the first prize at the 2018 National External Information Service Awards with a mega story on Vietnamese voluntary soldiers in Cambodia.
On June 7, 2019, the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission and the Central Steering Committee for External Information Service coordinated with the Vietnam News Agency and relevant parties to organise a presentation ceremony of the National External Information Service Awards 2018.
A talk discussing measures to promote comprehensive cooperation between the northern province of Quang Ninh and Luang Prabang, Huouphan and Xaynhabuly provinces of Laos was held in Ha Long city on June 3.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs held a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on May 31 to review the implementation of Project 161 on realising goals laid out by the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) until 2025 and its activities in the south.
The Vietnam Electricity National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) and the US Embassy in Vietnam held a seminar in Hanoi on May 30 to discuss opportunities in Vietnam’s power transmission development.
Vietnam and China have recorded progress in their defence cooperation, which deserves to be an important pillar in the countries’ all-round relations, leaders of the two defence ministries said at their talks in Hanoi on May 27.
Several leading Swedish businesses expressed their intention to expand investment in Vietnam, during a meeting with visiting Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Stockholm on May 27.
A delegation from Ho Chi Minh City led by Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan paid a working visit to Hessen state of Germany from May 22-24.
The traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia are developing actively, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.
A top leader of Ho Chi Minh City has proposed the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Daegu city and Gyeongsangbuk province attend the International Travel Exhibition in the city in November to foster their partnerships in tourism, culture and people-to-people exchange.
The tenth meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN and the ambassadors of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 17.
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and the People’s Association (PA) of Singapore have agreed to bolster people-to-people and cultural exchanges to help strengthen the two countries’ friendship.
The State of Vietnam has been consistent in its policy of respecting and guaranteeing the right to freedom of all citizens to follow or not to follow any religion and belief, the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang affirmed at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on May 9.
The Vietnamese and Indonesian armies and navies are expected to continue enhancing cooperation based on the strategic partnership between the two countries.
Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang had meetings with senior military officers of Russia and the Philippines on the sidelines of the eighth Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS-8) on April 24.
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