Top 10 most outstanding international events in 2020

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has selected the Top 10 events that shaped the world in 2020.
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Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) meets with Borje Ekholm, President and CEO of Ericsson on June 13, 2025. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese PM works with top Swedish firms to foster investment ties

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held working sessions with leading Swedish corporations, including Ericsson, H&M, SYRE, and AstraZeneca in Stockholm on June 13 to foster their investment and cooperation with Vietnam, as part of his official visit to Sweden.

Lawmakers at the 9th session of the 15th National Assembly (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam’s NA advances constitutional reforms at 9th session

On June 13, NA deputies examine the draft resolution for the second amendment and supplementation of certain articles of the 2013 Constitution, alongside revisions to multiple foundational laws governing the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Trade Unions, Youth, and Implementation of the Grassroots Democracy.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse visit family of late Swedish PM Olof Palme. (Photo: VNA)

PM visits family of late Swedish PM Olof Palme

When it comes to Sweden, Vietnamese people think of PM Olof Palme whose name is associated with protests against the war in Vietnam from the 1960s until Vietnam's reunification in 1975.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (right) and Speaker of the Riksdag (Swedish parliament) Andreas Norlén. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister meets Swedish top legislator

The two leaders shared the view that Vietnam and Sweden should strengthen solidarity and cooperation based on their traditional friendship, through Party, Government, and Parliamentary channels as well as people-to-people exchanges, thereby contributing to the promotion of multilateralism and international solidarity.

State President Luong Cuong (second row, sixth from right) and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda (second row, seventh from right), along with their spouses, in a group photo with Vietnamese artists. (Source: VNA)

Lithuanian President concludes official visit to Vietnam

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda affirmed that Vietnam is one of Lithuania’s leading partners in the region and expressed a strong desire to further develop the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries, particularly in areas where both sides have potential and strengths.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivers a policy address at the Stockholm School of Economics as part of his ongoing visit to Sweden. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam remains a loyal friend of Sweden: PM

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for breakthrough cooperation between Vietnam and Sweden, stressing the importance of advancing political and diplomatic relations and promoting shared values, political trust, and close friendship.