VOV.VN - Tran Thanh Man, permanent vice chairman of the National Assembly (NA), met with Duarte Pacheco, president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and received his Laotian counterpart Sounthone Xayachak on March 12 on the sidelines of the 146th IPU Assembly in Manama, Bahrain.

VOV.VN - Vice Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Tran Thanh Man attended the opening ceremony of the 146th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly held in Manama, the capital of Bahrain on March 11 evening (local time).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 11 cabled a message of congratulation to Li Qiang on his election as Premier of China.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese delegation of the National Assembly of Vietnam led by Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man will the 146th Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Bahrain.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects China will accelerate the opening of its market for farm produce and resume seafood imports, making it easier for Vietnamese products to reach out to Chinese consumers.

VOV.VN - Top Vietnamese leaders on March 30 sent letters of congratulation to Xi Jinping on his re-election as President of China.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh applauded the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for continuing to increase development budget for Vietnam while receiving USAID Administrator Samantha Power in Hanoi on March 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Republic of Korea will work close together to raise two-way trade to US$100 billion this year and US$150 billion by 2030 in a more balanced direction.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on March 10 received Samantha Power, administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), who is in Hanoi for a visit to Vietnam.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Vietnam Society of International Law held a workshop in Hanoi on March 9 to discuss the role of the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) in codification and progressive development of international law.

Deputy Spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang on March 9 highlighted Vietnam’s hope for continued close cooperation with China to boost tourism recovery and development in the two countries.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has asked visiting US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Marisa Lago to help connect Vietnam and US investors, especially in high-tech, semiconductor manufacturing and aviation technology.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has expressed his positive impression of Rana Flowers, chief representative of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam, and thanked UNICEF for its practical support for local children over recent years.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK, working in collaboration with the Scottish region and the Scotch Whiskey Association, recently organised the Vietnam-Scotland Connection event at Scotland House London, a hub connecting economic, trade, investment co-operation, and research of the Scottish regional Government in London.

Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le on March 8 received Melissa Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the US Department of State, who is on a working visit to the city.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on March 8 met with female ambassadors and chief representatives of international organisations in Vietnam on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

Vietnamese Ambassador Vu Ho on March 7-8 attended the 35th ASEAN-US Dialogue, the 25th ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting (AISOM), the ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials’ Meeting and SOM East Asia Summit.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on March 8 highly valued China’s Sunny Optical Technology Co. Ltd.’s investment expansion plan in Vietnam, which he said will help to generate a Sunny ecosystem in the country.

UN Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare visited Vietnam's Engineering Unit Rotation 1 at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) on March 6, during which he thanked the Vietnamese peacekeeping forces in Abyei for their positive and effective contributions to UN peacekeeping operations, bringing a better life to local communities.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has proposed ways of improving the internal capacity and national competitiveness of the world’s least developed countries, taking into account their strengths and characteristics, while also promoting the growth engine of trade and integration.

Leaders of Brunei, Singapore, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Australia, Belarus, Bangladesh, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, ASEAN and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) sent messages and letters of congratulations to Vo Van Thuong on his election as President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam by the 15th National Assembly.

Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang met and had working sessions with leaders of some ministries of Qatar on the occasion of her attendance at the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) in Doha from March 5-8.

VOV.VN - Over the past years, Vietnamese women have made a significant contribution to national development and global peace and security, affirmed a Vietnamese diplomat to the United Nations.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has hailed the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) and Japanese corporate leaders’ efforts to boost economic, trade and investment ties between the two nations.

The Vietnam - Russia Tropical Centre under the Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on March 7 to celebrate its 35th traditional day (March 7) and receive the first-class Labour Order.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 7 received a visiting delegation of Japanese economic organisations, who are in Vietnam to attend the Vietnam-Japan high-level economic conference.

VOV.VN - Phan Van Mai, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, suggested stepping up co-operation with Denmark in energy transition and restructuring industries as a means of moving towards high-added value, green, and sustainable development, during a reception held on March 6 for Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolai Prytz.

VOV.VN - Vietnam considers Japan a reliable, important and long-term strategic partner that shares many common strategic interests, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Director-General of the Japan's National Security Secretariat Takeo Akiba in Hanoi on March 6.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General To Lam on March 6 hosted a reception for Secretary-General of Japan's National Security Secretariat (NSS) Takeo Akiba, during which he called for the regular exchange of information between the two sides to strengthen their practical cooperation.

VOV.VN - UN member states, including Vietnam, have successfully reached consensus on the text of a treaty aimed at protecting the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet.