The easing of the visa policy for Vietnamese citizens by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China from October 25 is one of the highlights in the relations between the two sides in 2023.

VOV.VN - This year is viewed as a particularly successful period for Vietnamese diplomacy in raising the level of relations with important partners in the international arena, according to Dr. Ruvislei González Saez, senior researcher at the Center for International Policy Research (CIPI).

The fourth joint peacekeeping exercise between Vietnam and India - VINBAX 2023 concluded in Hanoi on December 19.

The similarities in foreign policies is the string that binds the relations between Vietnam and Latin American countries throughout history, according to politicians and media.

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) held their 10th theoretical workshop in Quang Ninh province on December 19, focusing on experiences in developing culture and humans in the socialist-oriented national development process.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has treasured its relations with the Republic of Korea (RoK), and aspires to join hands with the East Asian country to deepen their comprehensive strategic partnership across a variety of fields, making contributions to regional and global peace, stability, cooperation and development.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong underlined the need to develop the diplomatic sector imbued with the identity of "Vietnamese bamboo" at the 32nd Diplomatic Conference which opened in Hanoi on December 19.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 18 held the 21st national conference on foreign affairs, with the aim of promoting the external work in service of local sustainable development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the family of late Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo on December 18, within the framework of his trip to attend the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation in Tokyo.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his entourage arrived back in Hanoi on December 19 morning, wrapping up their working trip to Japan for the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation and bilateral activities from December 15-18 at the invitation of Japanese PM Kishida Fumio.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted separate receptions for former Special Ambassador for Vietnam-Japan Sugi Ryotaro and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation Maeda Tadashi in Tokyo on December 18 as part of his trip to Japan for the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation, and bilateral activities.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other ASEAN leaders met Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko in Tokyo on December 18 within the framework of his trip to Japan for the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation, and bilateral activities.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held separate meetings with President of the House of Councillors of Japan Otsuji Hidehisa and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nukaga Fukushiro, as part of his trip to Japan for the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation and bilateral activities.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a meeting with former Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide on December 18 in Tokyo within the framework of his trip to the East Asian nation for the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led a Vietnamese delegation on December 18 to attend the first summit of the Asia Zero Emission Community in Tokyo in Japan, with the participation of senior leaders of ASEAN member states, Japan and Australia.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received the governors of the Japanese prefectures of Aichi, Tochigi, Niigata, Kanagawa, and Yamanashi in Tokyo on December 17 as part of his trip to attend the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN - Japan Friendship and Cooperation.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a working breakfast with Ken Matsuzawa, president of the International Friendship Exchange Council (FEC) of Japan, and its members in Tokyo on December 18 as part of his activities during his trip to the Far East country to attend the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the US officially upgrading ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership is a historic milestone in their relationship, bringing both long-term and immediate benefits to both sides while also making positive contributions to security, peace, co-operation, and the development of the region and the wider world.

President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Associations (VUFO) Phan Anh Son hosted a reception for a delegation from the Nepal Peace and Solidarity Council (NPSC) led by its Chairman Rabindra Adhikari, who is also a member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML), in Hanoi on December 16.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on ASEAN and Japan to strengthen cooperation amidst the global headwinds with various unprecedented challenges so as to develop their comprehensive strategic partnership into a symbol of international solidarity and cooperation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has welcomed many foreign leaders and it has been elected to many important international organisations over the past few years, showing the country’s enhanced status and prestige globally, said Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined leaders of other ASEAN countries and Japan at the opening ceremony of a commemorative summit marking 50 years of the friendship and cooperation between ASEAN and Japan in Tokyo on December 17.

VOV.VN - The governments of Vietnam and Japan will direct their ministries and agencies to realise the Joint Statement on the recent establishment of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two counties.

VOV.VN - Japan is Vietnam’s leading important partner, affirmed Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his meeting with Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Ken Saito at a meeting in Tokyo on December 16.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on foreign businesses, including Japanese firms, to develop the semiconductor industry in Vietnam which is given priority in its development policy.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh encouraged leading firms of Japan’s Gunma prefecture to expand their investment cooperation activities in Vietnam during a meeting with local businesses on December 15.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 15 visited Shibata Gousei Co. Ltd., in Gunma prefecture, upon his arrival in Japan on the same day for an ASEAN-Japan commemorative summit.

VOV.VN - A high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo on December 15 to attend a commemorative summit marking half a century of the friendship and cooperation between ASEAN and Japan at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

VOV.VN - The State visit to Vietnam on December 12-13 by Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping is the most important political event in China-Vietnam relations this year and has reaped great success, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on December 14.

President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Phan Anh Son received Humile Mashatile, spouse of Deputy President of South Africa Paul Mashatile, in Hanoi on December 14.