VOV.VN - Vietnam's co-operative defence ties with Mongolia will grow and flourish in the time ahead based on the sound bilateral relations, thereby meeting the aspiration and interests of the two people.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang and his Lao counterpart Kongthong Phongvichit co-chaired the 14th Vietnam - Laos Security Cooperation Conference on March 19 in the Lao capital of Vientiane.

VOV.VN - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), applauded active Vietnamese contributions to the organisation on March 18, especially the outcomes of the WTO's 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) which was held from February 26 to March 2 in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security on March 18 handed over 50 vehicles to the Lao Ministry of Public Security to help it ensure safety for activities held during Laos's Chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year.

Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, held talks with Liu Jianchao, Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the CPC Central Committee’s International Liaison Department, in Jilin province on March 18.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov, who is paying an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on March 18.

Foreign affairs and diplomacy have played a pioneering role in mobilising external resources to serve the country's socio-economic development, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son told a question and answer session at the National Assembly Standing Committee’s 31st sitting on March 18.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks in Hanoi on March 18 with his visiting Uzbek counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov who is on an official visit to Vietnam from March 17-19.

VOV.VN - Alongside many countries around the world, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has extended congratulations to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is one of the most important partners of Brazil in Southeast Asia, Eduardo Paes Saboia, Secretary for Asia and the Pacific at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, has said at the Vietnam-Brazil meeting recently held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Brasilia.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa and Zimbabwe Hoang Sy Cuong has presented his credential letter to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang held a recent working session with State Secretary of the Croatian Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy Ivan Vidis to discuss the potential of labour cooperation between the two countries as part of her working visit to the European nation.

The establishment of the Vietnam-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership during the recent official visit to the Oceania nation by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh demonstrates joint efforts to deepen and promote mutual strategic trust, and contribute to building a new vision for the region, according to a scholar.

VOV.VN - Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member and deputy secretary of the Central Military Commission, hosted a reception on March 15 in Hanoi for Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand in Vietnam Nikorndej Balankura who came to bid farewell at the end of his working term in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan has suggested the US pay attention to sharing experience and cooperation in agricultural science and technology during a meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack on the occasion of her attendance at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York on March 14.

Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Achim Steiner has congratulated Vietnam on many important achievements in human development it has obtained over the recent past.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 4 for Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance, who is visiting Vietnam in his capacity as Honorary Chairman of the organising board of the ninth Japan-Vietnam Festival in Ho Chi Minh City.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia Frano Matusic on March 12 co-chaired a political consultation between the two foreign ministries, aiming to review bilateral cooperation and seek ways to promote relations in the coming time.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on March 14 requested that China comply with international law, including the 2000 Gulf of Tonkin maritime delimitation agreement between the two countries, after China recently announced a new baseline in the waters.

The protection of Vietnamese citizens and legal entities abroad has been carried out effectively and obtained many important results, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.

The Dien Bien Phu Victory had a strong impact on the struggle against colonialism of peoples around the world, according to General Secretary of the Brazil–Vietnam Friendship Association Pedro De Oliveira.

VOV.VN - Representatives of the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the US Department of State signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cultural cooperation and public affairs in Washington DC on March 13 (local time).

Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau (China) Pham Binh Dam has suggested the authority of the Macau Special Administrative Region take measures to resume and expand two-way tourism, including relaxing visa policies for Vietnamese visitors.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hailed the World Bank (WB) for its continued support in mobilising funding for development projects in the nation at a reception held on March 13 in Hanoi for Carolyn Turk, country director of the WB in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 13 for Deputy Head of Mission of the Danish Embassy in Vietnam Mette Ekeroth and President and CEO of Vestas Group Anders Runevad.

Exactly 70 years ago, on March 13, 1954, the Vietnamese revolutionary army launched the first attack against the French colonialists’ heavily fortified base of Dien Bien Phu, starting a 56-day historic campaign whose victory directly led to the signing of the Geneva Accords on ending the war and restoring peace in Indochina.

Vietnam always attaches importance to developing good cooperation relations with Slovenia – an important partner of Vietnam in Central and Eastern Europe, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang told Slovenian State Secretary for Foreign and European Affairs Sanja Stiglic.

VOV.VN - Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan held a meeting with Catherine Mary Russell, executive director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), on the occasion of her attendance at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on March 12 (local time) in New York.

President Vo Van Thuong received Pakistani Ambassador Samina Mehtab in Hanoi on March 12, congratulating the outgoing diplomat on her excellent fulfillment of tasks in Vietnam.

A delegation of China’s Shandong province led by its Vice Governor Song Junji paid a visit to the central city of Da Nang on March 12, which was expected to contribute to enhancing cooperation between the two localities in the time ahead.