VOV.VN - A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Le Hoai Trung, member of the CPV Central Committee and chairman of its Commission for External Relations, attended the French Communist Party (PCF)’s 39th Congress in Marseille whilst on a working visit to the European country from April 7 to April 11.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh held a working session on April 11 with a delegation of interns from the German Foreign Ministry to compare notes on the nation’s external policies.

The Embassy of Laos in Vietnam hosted a ceremony in Hanoi on April 11 evening to celebrate the Lao traditional New Year festival Bunpimay.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 11 for Regional Representative for Asia - Pacific of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) Edgar Doerig who came to present his credentials.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Nen, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, hosted a reception on April 11 for US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper, stressing the need for the US and Vietnam to strengthen cooperation in education and climate change response.

VOV.VN - The official visit to Laos on April 10-11 by State President Vo Van Thuong has achieved positive results, according to Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.

VOV.VN - Hanoi wishes to increase cooperation with Chinese localities, including Beijing and Guangzhou, Dinh Tien Dung, secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee told Chinese ambassador Xiong Bo in the Vietnamese capital on April 11.

VOV.VN - State president Vo Van Thuong on April 11 received former Lao leaders, including former General Secretary and President Choummaly Sayasone, former General Secretary and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith and former Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, during his visit to Laos.

VOV.VN - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Vietnam, and Japan from April 11-18, according to the US Department of State in a press statement.

VOV.VN - Both Vietnam and Algeria wish to raise their economic ties to new heights to match their cooperation potential, said Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Vinh after his recent meeting with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Politburo member and Minister of Public Security To Lam discussed bilateral security cooperation with the National Security Advisor to the Indian Prime Minister, Ajit Kumar Doval, in New Delhi on April 10 as part of his two-day visit to India.

President Vo Van Thuong expressed his delight at the growing special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos during a reception in Vientiane on April 10 for President of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Central Committee Sinlavong Khoutphaythoune.

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong had separate meetings with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, and Chairman of the Lao National Assembly Saysomphone Phomvihane in Vientiane on April 10 as part of his activities during the official visit to Laos.

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong announced a gift worth US$1 million from the Party, State, and people of Vietnam to their Laotian counterparts during talks held with General Secretary of the Laos People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith on April 10 in Vientiane.

VOV.VN - Major newspapers of Laos ran articles on April 10 highlighting the official visit by President Vo Van Thuong, affirming that it will contribute to deepening special relations between the two countries.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Laos People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith hosted a welcome ceremony for President Vo Van Thuong on April 10 in the Laotian capital of Vientiane.

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong left Hanoi on April 10 morning for an official visit to Laos at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith.

VOV.VN - The working trip to Laos on April 10-11 by State President Vo Van Thuong delivers a special message, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung.

VOV.VN - A delegation of US Congressmen led by Senator Jeff Merkley has laid a wreath at the monument to late Senator John McCain in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, during their visit to the country.

VOV.VN - Vietnam treasures its comprehensive partnership with the United States, and wishes to elevate this partnership to new heights, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue told visiting US congressmen in Hanoi on April 8.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always considers the United States as one of the most important partners in its foreign policy, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told US congressmen in Hanoi on April 8.

VOV.VN - The upcoming State-level visit to Laos by President Vo Van Thuong is expected to give fresh impetus to the time-honoured Vietnam – Laos relations that have developed substantively over the years, says a Vietnamese diplomat.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on April 7 hosted Kye Sung Chung, a senior partner and the chair of the Finance Practice at Kim & Chang, the leading law firm in the Republic of Korea.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed Vietnam’s desire to strengthen the cooperative relations with Malaysia and Cambodia during his separate meetings with the ambassadors of the two countries in Hanoi on April 7.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese State President Vo Van Thuong will pay an official visit to Laos on April 10-11, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VOV.VN - Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko on April 7 visited the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center, a scientific research organization in Hanoi established under an agreement between the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

A high-ranking delegation of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) led by Minister Gen. To Lam had talks with Prosecutor General of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (SPO) Lee Won-seok in Seoul on April 6.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 6 received Russian Deputy PM Dmitry Chernyshenko, who is in Vietnam for an official visit and to co-chair the 24th session of the Vietnam-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for economic, trade and scientific-technical cooperation.

Australian Governor-General David Hurley, his spouse and the Australian delegation left Ho Chi Minh City on April 6, wrapping up his State visit to Vietnam from April 3-6.

VOV.VN - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, on behalf of President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, presented the Friendship Order to Major General Bui Hai Son, acting head of the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board and Commander of the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Protection Command, during a ceremony held on April 6 in Hanoi.