On the sidelines of the ongoing ASEAN Summit in Laos, Thailand’s new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra held key meetings on October 10 with leaders from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and China, focusing on enhancing bilateral relations.
A talk on Vietnam’s innovation and start-ups took place in Switzerland on September 9 to exchange views on innovation and digital transformation in Vietnam, and on how to start a business in blockchain technology, health care, community service and startup ecosystem in Vietnam.
Vietnam will make an all-out effort to remove difficulties facing Australian enterprises when exporting to Vietnam during the COVID-19 crisis, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh told Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham during phone talks on the morning of May 8.
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.
Vietnam is expected to cash in on container shipping in 2019 as the US-China trade war will make the country busier with import and export activities, experts said.
Generations of Vietnamese leaders have attached much importance to cooperative relations with Tanzania who supported Vietnam during the struggle for national dependence, said Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.
Sound strategies should be put in place in response to Vietnam’s ageing population, which has one of the fastest rates in the world, according to Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs Le Tan Dung.
The defence ministries of Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to reinforce cooperation in military and defence legislation, contributing to the development of the relations between the two countries’ armed forces.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha on March 14 ordered an increase in security in southern provinces where Muslim people account for a majority of the population.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha and his visiting Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen discussed measures to strengthen all-around ties between the two countries at their talks in Bangkok on December 18.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) supports efforts to maintain peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula, said ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh.
