The trip to Indonesia by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his entourage to attend the 42nd ASEAN Summit from May 9 to 11 has become a fine success which saw the leader make several proposals for promoting the self-reliance and unlocking resources for the development of the ASEAN Community, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has said.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed the country’s efforts and desire to work alongside other ASEAN member states in building the identity, value, vitality, and reputation of the bloc, while becoming involved in activities of the 42nd ASEAN Summit held in Indonesia from May 9 to May 11.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Timor-Leste counterpart Taur Matan have agreed to increase ties in culture, tourism, education, and people-to-people exchanges towards expanding into new fields such as digital transformation, green growth, and the circular economy.

VOV.VN - Ties between Vietnam and Egypt have witnessed strong progress across multiple areas over the past six decades, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Nguyen Huy Dung in a live interview broadcast on May 10 on the state-owned Egyptian foreign language channel Nile TV.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh alongside other leaders of other ASEAN member states on May 11 attended a retreat session of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia to discuss international and regional issues of shared concern.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Duc Hai on May 10 had separate meetings with officials of the Lao, Cambodian, and Indonesian law-making bodies to promote parliamentary cooperation across spheres.

A high-level delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) led by Chief of the army’s General Staff and Vice Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong joined a series of meetings in Vientiane on May 10 as part of his trip to Laos.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on the sidelines of the ongoing 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, on May 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will work closely with Malaysia to promote the strategic partnership between the two countries in a deep and effective manner. Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim during their meeting in Indonesia on May 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos will increase high-level visits in the time to come to outline orientations for bilateral cooperation.

VOV.VN - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Vietnam in the second half of this year to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties and 10 years of the strategic partnership between the two countries this year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam on May 10 on the sideline of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highlighted three core factors to ASEAN’s characteristics, values, vitality and reputation, which are maintaining independence and strategy self-reliance, turning itself into a growth epicenter and better adapting to external shocks in his remarks at the opening session of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, on May 10 morning.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan and Managing Director of the Netherlands’ Royal HaskoningDHV Vietnam company Vadim Sheronov discussed orientations to promoting bilateral cooperation during a local meeting on May 9.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of other ASEAN member states attended the opening ceremony of their 42nd summit on Labuan Bajo island of Indonesia on May 10 morning.

President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 9 for Queen Mathilde of Belgium, who is on a visit to Vietnam in her capacity as Honorary President of UNICEF Belgium.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen on May 9 on the sidelines of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Indonesian President Joko Widodo have agreed to further bring into play the traditional close-knit friendship so as to take both nations’ strategic partnership to new heights.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived at Labuan Bajo airport, Indonesia, on May 9 afternoon, beginning his participation in a broad array of activities within the framework of the 42nd ASEAN Summit from May 9-11 in Indonesia.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s attendance at the 42nd ASEAN Summit aims to affirm the nation’s priority areas of co-operation which covers strategic infrastructure connectivity, digital transformation, green transformation, food security, energy, sub-regional development, and climate change response.

Vietnam wants to foster its comprehensive cooperation with Qatar, particularly the ties between their legislative agencies, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan has affirmed.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed Vietnam's foreign policy of strengthening ties with Palestine, while receiving Palestinian Minister of the Interior Ziad Hab Al-Reeh in Hanoi on May 8.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will host an ASEAN-China meeting on the East Sea (or South China Sea) in Quang Ninh province in mid-May, according to Ambassador Vu Ho, acting head of the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) delegation of Vietnam.

With the 2023 ASEAN theme of “ASEAN Matters: Epicentre of Growth”, the coming 42nd ASEAN Summit reflects member countries’ wish and efforts to turn the bloc into a growth epicentre that leads cooperation and connectivity processes in the region and contributes to the common goal of peace, stability, and prosperity.

VOV.VN - Since joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1995, Vietnam has been making important, proactive and positive contributions to the bloc, affirmed ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong attended the coronation of King Charles III at the invitation of the Royal Family of the UK on May 6 in a three-day trip from May 4 to May 6.

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong has hailed the establishment of the digital and green economic partnership between the nation and Singapore which aims to bring the co-operative relationship to a new and sustainable stage.

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong held separate meetings with UK and Cuban leaders as part of his ongoing trip to the UK to attend the coronation of King Charles III from May 4 to May 6.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed Chairman of the Japan - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Nikai Toshihiro, its leadership, parliamentarians and leaders of Japanese localities who are on a visit to Vietnam on the occasion of the 50th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties this year.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan met with ruler of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi as part of her trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on May 5.