Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 27 received visiting Portuguese Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Rangel, during which he affirmed that Vietnam attaches great importance to and wants to further deepen friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Portugal.

State President Luong Cuong on February 27 sent a congratulatory message to President of Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye on his election as Chairperson of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union for 2026.

Ambassador Nguyen Thi Van Anh presented her credentials to Secretary-General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) Louise Mushikiwabo at the OIF headquarters in Paris on February 26, assuming her role as Permanent Representative of the State President to the Permanent Council of La Francophonie.

South Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Monday Semaya Kumba has proposed fostering ties with Vietnam in economy, trade, agriculture, education - training, oil and gas, information technology, and people-to-people exchanges.

The People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City and the Prefectural Assembly of Japan's Yamaguchi, have formalised a friendly cooperation framework, marking a new step forward in ties between the two localities.

Sports cooperation is a vivid testament to the depth and substance of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and France, Vietnamese Ambassador Trinh Duc Hai said at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the Francophone sports association AFS on February 25.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính called on Belgium to soon ratify the EU–Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) and support the European Commission’s removal of the IUU “yellow card” on Vietnamese seafood, during a reception in Hanoi for Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam Karl Van Den Bossche.

Vietnam always assumes a strong sense of responsibility for advancing disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation, said Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva.

Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung, who is Special Envoy of Party General Secretary To Lam, met with staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia on February 25 to brief participants on the major outcomes of the CPV’s 14th Party Congress.

Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son on February 25 signed Decision No. 330/QD-TTg approving a plan to implement the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the Apostille Convention).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for closer cooperation between the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Russian news agency TASS while receiving TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov in Hanoi on February 25.

VOV.VN - Vietnam affirmed at a meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi in Vienna, Austria, that it will coordinate the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in an objective manner and bolster cooperation on nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

VOV.VN - Russia consistently attaches importance to strengthening and deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Vietnam for the benefit of both countries and for peace, stability, and sustainable development in the region and the world, said President Vladimir Putin.

The spouse of Party General Secretary To Lam, Ngo Phuong Ly, met the Duke of Richmond, Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, and his spouse at the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi on February 24 as part of their visit to Vietnam.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang hosted a reception in Hanoi on February 24 for Duke of Richmond and Gordon of the UK Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox and his spouse, stressing the significance of their trip in promoting people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.

Special Envoy of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPV) To Lam, Politburo member, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung, held meetings with Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the United Russia Party and Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the Communist Party of of the Russian Federation.

Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation in Geneva, is leading a delegation to attend the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) where they will engage proactively in consultations on 36 draft resolutions and introduce two initiatives.

Naval Ship 016 – Quang Trung of Brigade 162, Naval Region 4, left Cam Ranh Port on February 23 for Sydney to join the International Fleet Review commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy and the multilateral Kakadu naval exercise 2026.

State President Luong Cuong on February 23 sent a message of congratulations to Japanese Emperor Naruhito on the occasion of his birthday.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam on February 23 sent a congratulatory message to Kim Jong Un on his re-election as General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the Party’s 9th National Congress.

A delegation from the Authority of Publication, Printing and Distribution under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism paid a working visit to Cuba from February 9 to 21 to update a memorandum of understanding on cooperation with and present books to the Cuban Book Institute.

VOV.VN - On February 22, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang responded to a reporter’s question regarding the European Union’s February 17, 2026 decision to add Vietnam to the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.

VOV.VN - General Secretary To Lam paid a working trip to the United States from February 18 to 20 to attend the opening session of the Board of Peace on Gaza at the invitation of President Donald Trump, Founding Chair of the board.

Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung met with the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Türkiye on February 19–20 while accompanying the high-level Vietnamese delegation led by Party General Secretary To Lam to the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace.

Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Politburo member and deputy head of the Central Steering Committee for the Development of Science, Technology, Innovation and Digital Transformation, chaired working sessions with Rosen Partners, Arizona State University (ASU), Meta Platforms, and the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung has underscored the special significance of Party General Secretary To Lam’s trip to Washington D.C. to attend the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace from Fenbruary 18 – 20, describing it as a milestone in Vietnam’s high-level multilateral diplomacy.

Party General Secretary To Lam received Kurt M. Campbell, former US Deputy Secretary of State, on February 20 afternoon (local time) as part of his trip to Washington D.C. to attend the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace.

Party General Secretary To Lam left Joint Base Andrews on February 20 (local time), concluding his three-day trip for the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace in Washington D.C. at the invitation of President Donald Trump, who is also the Board’s Founding Chairman.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the United States reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during a meeting at the White House on February 20 between Party General Secretary To Lam and US President Donald Trump.

VOV.VN - On February 19 (local time) in Washington D.C., while accompanying Party General Secretary To Lam’s delegation to attend the opening session of the Board of Peace for Gaza, General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member and Minister of National Defence, met Elbridge A. Colby, First Under Secretary of War of the US.