A Government-level negotiation on territorial and border issues between Vietnam and China took place in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on January 14.
Vietnam and Japan are this year celebrating 45 years of their diplomatic ties, but bilateral relations date back to the 8th century. The over-1,000-year connections are now in their prime, with two countries in an Extensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia.
More than 150 heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad and leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) gathered at a conference in Hanoi on August 7 to discuss measures to enhance the effectiveness of activities related to overseas Vietnamese (OV) and citizen protection.
The annual Vietnam-China deputy foreign ministers’ meeting was held in China’s Guangzhou province on February 5-6 to review the bilateral ties in 2017 and discuss the focus of exchange activities and cooperation between the two countries in 2018, along with other issues in the relationship.
President Tran Dai Quang has urged the Vietnamese and Cuban Parties and States to continuously direct ministries and relevant departments to step up the existing bilateral cooperation mechanisms and refine a legal framework for stable and long-term collaboration.
President Tran Dai Quang’s visit to China from May 11-15 is the first State-level visit of the Vietnamese President to China after the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 14th National Assembly elected the new leadership of the Party and country.
The first official visit to Laos by Nguyen Xuan Phuc in his capacity as Vietnamese Prime Minister from April 26-27 is set to solidify the countries’ cooperation, which has been growing over the last 55 years.
The annual Vietnam-China deputy foreign ministers’ meeting took place in Nha Trang city in the central province of Khanh Hoa between March 5 and 8, discussing bilateral ties and border issues.
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc held a reception in Hanoi on November 3 for the newly-accredited Chargé d’affaires of Colombia to Vietnam, Claudia Liliana Zambrano Naranjo.
Vietnam and China have agreed to step up their cooperation in less sensitive maritime issues during the eighth round of talks between working groups from the two countries.
Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on November 5 met with the Swedish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, and Foreign Ministers of Luxembourg, Ireland and Malta.
A delegation led by General Do Ba Ty, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister, is paying an official friendship visit to Cuba.
President Truong Tan Sang held talks with President Raul Castro Ruz in Havana, Cuba on September 29 (Cuban time) following his official welcome ceremony.
Senior officials of the Vietnam-Philippines Bilateral Cooperation Committee convened their eighth meeting in Hanoi on September 14, rejoicing at the recent progress in all-round cooperation.
The official visit to Vietnam by Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg
from April 16-18 is expected to boost bilateral relations which have
grown over the last four decades.
Since their
diplomatic ties were established in November 1971, Vietnam and Norway
have seen their relations actively developing across politics,
economics, culture and society.
Vietnam and Italy wish to turn their economic cooperation into the
centrepiece of their strategic partnership, Deputy Foreign Minister Ho
Xuan Son and his Italian counterpart Benedetto Della Vedova said.
The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations on July 3 sent
a paper to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon protesting against China’s illegal placement of Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig Vietnam ’s
exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.
The deputy foreign ministers will pay working visits to Slovenia,
Croatia, Slovakia, and Singapore this July to strengthen friendship
between Vietnam and the countries, announced spokesman Le Hai Binh at a
regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 3.
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