VOV.VN - Vietnam and New Zealand will soon resume direct flights disrupted due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak in an effort to expand cooperation in economics-trade-investment, tourism, culture, sports, and people-to-people, among others.

The permanent delegations of Vietnam and Vanuatu to the United Nations (UN) on March 9 coordinated to organise an online preparatory meeting related to procedures for seeking the International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s advisory opinion on obligations of states in respect of climate change.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and New Zealand will upgrade their relations to new heights based on their current strategic partnership that has developed substantially and deeply in recent times.

VOV.VN - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a welcome ceremony in Wellington on March 11 for Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh who is paying an official visit to New Zealand.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 10 met officials of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in New Zealand as part of his ongoing official visit to the island nation in the southern Pacific.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expected breakthroughs to be made in agricultural cooperation between Vietnam and New Zealand during his call at the Plant and Food Research Centre (PFR) in Auckland on March 10.

VOV.VN - Both Vietnam and New Zealand should bring into full play untapped cooperation areas, striving to soon raise their two-way trade turnover to US$2 billion from last year’s US$1.3 billion.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on March 9 expressed its deep concern over the recent tensions between China and the Philippines in Second Thomas Shoal of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and called on the parties to exercise self-restraint.

VOV.VN - A high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived at Auckland airport on March 9 (local time), beginning an official visit to New Zealand at the invitation of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Australia have recently upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership, indicating the increasing political trust between the two countries.

The coming official visit to New Zealand by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh holds special significance as it is an occasion for the two sides to further intensify bilateral cooperation and strategic partnership, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the South Pacific country Nguyen Van Trung.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 8 for Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo, during which they discussed relations between the two Parties, countries and legislatures.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) of Australia in Canberra on March 8 as part his official trip to the country.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is paying an official visit to Australia, attended and delivered a speech at a Vietnam – Australia education forum held in Canberra on March 8.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Justice Tran Tien Dung and Australian Deputy Secretary of Justice Tara Inverarity held talks in Canberra on March 7.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Australia on March 7 issued a joint statement on the lifting of their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expected stronger parliamentary cooperation between Vietnam and Australia during his meeting with Sharon Claydon, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives and head Australia-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, in Canberra on March 7.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to New Zealand on March 10 - 11 is expected to help further intensify the two countries’ political trust and multifaceted cooperation and develop bilateral relations more fruitfully.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Australia have decided to upgrade their strategic partnership to a comprehensive strategic partnership with a view to further promoting bilateral cooperation.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse met Australian Governor-General Gen. David Hurley and his spouse in Canberra on March 7.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his fiancée on March 7 hosted a welcoming ceremony at the Parliament House on Capital Hill, Canberra, for Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife who are on a three-day official visit to Australia.

Vietnam has once again condemned attacks targeting civilians and essential civilian infrastructure works in the Gaza Strip and called for a ceasefire and an immediate and unconditional release of hostages.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met leaders of ASEAN countries, Australia, New Zealand, Timor Leste and the Secretary General of ASEAN, while attending the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to mark 50 years of their dialogue partnership, in Melbourne on March 5-6.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh outlined major orientations for ASEAN and Australia to make crucial breakthroughs in their cooperation partnership during a special summit in Melbourne, Australia, on March 6.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Cambodia will enhance economic connectivity, especially transport connectivity, between the two countries, creating the prerequisite to increase bilateral cooperation in other fields.

Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, had bilateral meetings with Indonesian Deputy Minister of Defence Muhammad Herindra and Philippine Undersecretary of National Defence Irineo C. Espino in Luang Prabang, Laos, on March 5.

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong led a Vietnamese delegation to the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM-Retreat) held in the northern Lao city of Luang Prabang on March 5.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang and her Iranian counterpart Ali Bagheri Kani co-chaired the eighth political consultation at deputy foreign ministerial level as part of the former’s working visit to Iran from March 3-4.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife attended an official welcome ceremony for the delegation heads attending the Special Summit commemorating 50 years of ASEAN-Australia dialogue relations chaired by the Australian Prime Minister and his fiancée on March 5 in Melbourne.

VOV.VN -Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held a meeting on March 5 with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong within the framework of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Australia dialogue relations.