Vietnam considers Japan a top important and long-term partner, and supports Japan in playing an increasingly active role to contribute to peace, stability, cooperation, and development in the region and the world, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son told Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi during their phone talks on October 22.

A conference to connect businesses of the central province of Thanh Hoa with Australia was held recently in Sydney.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien on October 22 received agricultural counsellors from various countries to discuss ways to promote trade in agricultural products.

Leaders of China, Cambodia, Cuba and Russia have sent their congratulations to Luong Cuong on his fresh election as President of Vietnam.

A conference was held in Seoul on October 21 to promote trade and investment ties between Hanoi and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Leaders of Binh Dinh had a working session on October 22 with Per Hornung Pedersen, Chairman and CEO of German company PNE, which is considering investment in a US$4.6-billion offshore wind power plant in the south-central province.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on October 23 morning for the expanded BRICS Summit in Kazan city of Russia, at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, Chair of BRICS 2024.

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malaysia Tan Sri Dato' Johari Bin Abdul and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on October 22 afternoon, beginning their four-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Director General for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service (EEAS) Niclas Kvarnström co-chaired the fifth meeting of the Vietnam-EU Joint Committee within the framework of the EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) in Hanoi on October 22.

The Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV), Vietnam’s first non-governmental organisation focused on wildlife conservation, organised a press conference on October 22 to review its efforts over the past two decades to end bear farming for bile in the country.