VOV.VN - Italian President Sergio Mattarella chaired an official welcome ceremony for Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong, who is on a state visit to Italy, at the Quirinale Palace in Rome on July 26.

VOV.VN - Austrian media has continued to report on State President Vo Van Thuong’s official visit to the Central European country that took place from July 23 to July 25.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh applauded the contributions made by Tony Blair, former UK Prime Minister, to the UK’s bilateral relations with Vietnam during his working tenure as UK PM from 1997 to 2007 and at present at a reception held on July 26 in Hanoi.

Since joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 28 years ago, Vietnam has shown itself as an active, proactive, and responsible member of the bloc, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos Thongphane Savanphet.

VOV.VN - Lao Cai has prepared the best conditions possible to welcome enterprises and investors, particularly those from India, the provincial Party Committee Secretary Dang Xuan Phong said at a recent investment, trade, and tourism promotion conference held between the province and India in New Delhi.

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong on July 25 (local time) met with Vietnamese Embassy staff in Italy and Vietnamese businesses and community representatives in Rome as part of his State visit to the European country.

VOV.VN - A high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by State President Vo Van Thuong arrived at Fiumicino International Airport in Rome, beginning a working trip to Italy and the Vatican at the invitations of Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Pope Francis.

Most of Austrian major media channels and newspapers on July 24 ran articles on the official visit by State President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse to the European nation, emphasising that the trip will enhance the countries’ long-standing and good traditional relations.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on July 25 congratulated Cambodia on successfully organizing its recent parliamentary elections for the seventh term.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Israel should increase the exchange of high-level visits to help further multifaceted cooperation between the two countries, suggested Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang while playing a courtesy visit to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on July 25.

Italian media ran many articles highlighting the State visit to Italy by Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong from July 25-27, stating that this event aims to leverage strengths and potential to promote cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - The relationship between Vietnam and the Vatican in the spirit of friendship, mutual understanding, and mutual respect has seen many positive development steps over recent years.

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong has encouraged the Austrian State of Burgenland to enter into partnerships with Vietnamese localities sharing similarities in terms of economy - society, culture and tourism so as to promote people-to-people diplomacy and mutual understanding between the two sides.

VOV.VN - Vietnam wishes to promote the friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Indonesia and Iran, said National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue during his separate meetings with the Ambassadors of Indonesia and Iran in Hanoi on July 25.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is impressed by Vietnam's capabilities and active engagement regarding its positive contributions within the UN framework and IAEA’s cooperative activities serving atomic energy applications for peaceful purposes, Acting Director General Najat Mokhtar affirmed at her July 24 meeting with State President Vo Van Thuong in Austria.

Italy and Vietnam, sharing a sustainable relationship, see great potential to further bolster their partnership extensively and intensively, Andrea Fais, Editor-in-Chief of Scenari Internazionali (international scenarios) magazine told Vietnam News Agency (VNA) correspondents in Rome on the occasion of President Vo Van Thuong’s State visit to Italy.

Vietnam always values the strengthening of ties with Austria, its important and reliable partner in Europe, State President Vo Van Thuong told President of the Federal Council of Austria Claudia Arpa during a meeting in Vienna on July 24.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands has held an exchange with international students from The Hague Academy of International Law, introducing them to Vietnam's foreign policy and activities of its diplomatic representative agencies abroad.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held a meeting with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg in Vienna on July 24 (local time), as part of President Vo Van Thuong’s ongoing Austria visit.

A delegation from the south-central province of Khanh Hoa led by Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Tan Tuan is on a working trip to Australia from July 23-28.

Defence cooperation between Vietnam and India has been actively promoted, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong said while receiving Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Indian Naval Staff, in Hanoi on July 24.

VOV.VN - Ten years ago today, July 25, Vietnam and the United States upgraded their ties to a comprehensive partnership. Marking its 10th anniversary, US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper sheds light on the development of the partnership as well as prospects of future cooperation between the two countries.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung believed that the two nations’ relationship will continue to reach new heights, serving the tangible interests of their people and contributing to maintaining peace, stability, security, cooperation, and development in the Asia-Pacific region and the world.

Austrian capital Vienna, with its strengths in tourism, culture, urban management, environmental protection, heritage conservation and restoration, can cooperate with Hanoi and other Vietnamese localities to carry out specific joint activities, thus promoting the overall bilateral relationship, said President Vo Van Thuong on July 24.

The State visit by President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse to Italy at the invitation of Italian President Sergio Mattarella is expected to lift the strategic partnership between the two countries to a new height.

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong and his Austrian counterpart Alexander Van der Bellen compared notes on a score of measures to deepen the bilateral friendship and all-around cooperation during their talks in Vienna on July 24.

On the occasion of President Vo Van Thuong's State visit to Italy this month at the invitation of Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Antonio Alessandro granted Vietnam News Agency an interview ahead of the visit, expecting that it will contribute to updating the political relations between the two countries and orient their cooperation in all sectors.

VOV.VN - In addition to sound political and diplomatic ties and people-to-people exchanges, Vietnam and France need to further strengthen cooperation in economic, trade, investment and tourism.

VOV.VN - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen chaired an official welcome ceremony for Vietnaese President Vo Van Thuong of Vietnam on the morning of July 24 at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna.

VOV.VN - The 30th anniversary of Vietnam-Israel diplomatic relations and the 78th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day were celebrated on July 23 in Tel Aviv within the framework of an official visit of Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang.