The Vietnamese community in Australia has contributed a total of around VND5 billion (US$203,300) in support of people affected by natural resources, Ambassador Pham Hung Tam has released.

The air route between the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Phu Quoc island, a tourism hub off the southern province of Kien Giang, will be resumed from October 28.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi had a working session with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Kazan city, the Republic of Tatarstan, on September 25 as part of his three-day trip there.

The 17th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) has been held in Luang Prabang, Laos, under the chair of Vilayphong Sisomvang, Director General of Planning and International Cooperation under the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Laos.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Public Security Major General Nguyen Ngoc Lam attended the 4th international conference on preventing and countering violent extremism, which opened in Moscow on September 25.

A workshop was co-organised in Vientiane on September 25 by the Lao Academy of Social and Economic Sciences, the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), and the Royal Academy of Cambodia, suggesting measures for enhancing the three countries’ cooperation in the new global context.

The Hanoi-based Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) is seeking to enhance cooperation in personnel training and knowledge sharing with partners from France and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam met leaders of some major US groups operating in the fields of energy, satellite, and technology in New York on September 25 (local time) as part of his US trip.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam received Senator Chris Coons, a democrat and Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programmes, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, and the Senate Select Committee on Ethics as part of his US trip on September 25 (local time).

Vietnam always prioritises strengthening and consolidating relations with the World Bank (WB), affirmed Party General Secretary and State President To Lam during his reception for WB President Ajay Banga in New York on September 25 (local time).