Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son’s attendance at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (AMM Retreat) in Jakarta on February 3-4 will contribute to enhancing solidarity and consensus in the ten-member grouping, thus elevating Vietnam’s role and position in ASEAN and international forums, a Vietnamese diplomat has said.

A Vietnamese delegation headed by Deputy Director General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) Ha Van Sieu attended the 57th meeting of the ASEAN National Tourism Organisations (NTO) as part of the ongoing ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2023 in Indonesia.

The Central Committees of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) have sent messages of congratulations to the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee on the occasion of the CPV’s 93rd anniversary (February 3).

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a get-together on February 2 to celebrate India’s Republic Day (January 26).

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen appreciated Cambodian Consul General Sok Dareth’s substantial contributions to the city’s relations with Cambodian localities, while receiving the outgoing diplomat on February 1.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son will attend the 32nd ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) Meeting and the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat Meeting (AMMR) in Jakarta, Indonesia on February 3-4.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Trinidad & Tobago have officially established diplomat relations following the signing of a Joint Communiqué to this effect in New York on January 1.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping has sent a letter to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong to thank him for cabling a message of condolences over the passing of comrade Jiang Zemin.

The Radio Voice of Korea on February 1 broadcast an article, highlighting the unchanged friendship relationship over the time with Vietnam on the occasion of the 73rd founding anniversary of diplomatic ties between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Vietnam (January 31, 1950 - 2023).

VOV.VN - Phan Van Mai, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, hosted a reception on January 31 for Sok Dareth, Cambodian Consul General in the southern city, who came to bid farewell at the end of his tenure.

VOV.VN - The first informal consultation of the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) framework took place at the UN headquarters in New York on January 30 to discuss the formulation of the Global Digital Compact (GDC).

VOV.VN - The Foreign Affairs Committee of St. Petersburg physically and virtually held a meeting on January 30 to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the establishment of the Russia-Vietnam relations.

After a year implementing the strategy on cultural diplomacy to 2030, Vietnam has achieved marked results in the field, helping promote its relations with other countries across all channels of the Party, Government, National Assembly, and people, affirmed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc.

A Vietnamese delegation led by deputy head of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Affairs Le Anh Tuan attended the fifth International Conference For World Balance in Havana on January 24-28.

VOV.VN - The Canada-Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS) virtually held a workshop on January 28 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam – Canada diplomatic ties that falls in 2023.

Ambassador Le Thi Hong Van has reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of raising women’s position and promoting gender equality in all aspects, while attending recent events marking the International Day of Women in Multilateralism.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat to the United Nations has voiced Vietnam’s support for the reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC) including the body’s expansion in terms of both permanent and non-permanent members.

VOV.VN - Half a century ago, the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) was signed in Paris, France, on January 27, 1973.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese senior leaders on January 26 extended congratulatory messages to their Australian counterparts on Australia's 235th National Day.

VOV.VN - 2023 can be viewed as a special year in the Vietnam – France relations as both sides will jointly celebrate 50 years of their diplomacy and 10 years of their strategic partnership, according to French Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolas Warnery.

Under the wise and timely direction of Party and State leaders, in 2022, the diplomatic sector quickly shifted its focus from vaccine diplomacy to economic diplomacy for national recovery and development, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu said in a recent interview granted to the media.

VOV.VN - The presence of developing nations like Vietnam – a country which experienced wars for national liberation in the past and has recently recorded significant economic achievements – in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is of major significance.

VOV.VN - Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo has shared his good impressions of Vietnam, and Hanoi capital, while extending lunar New Year greetings to Vietnamese people in a recent interview granted to a VOV reporter on the occasion of the traditional lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

On the occasion of the new year 2023, Thai Ambassador to Vietnam Nikorndej Balankura has granted Vietnam News Agency an interview, during which he expressed optimism about the future prospects of the Vietnam-Thailand ties in 2023 when the two countries celebrate the 10th anniversary of their strategic partnership.

VOV.VN - Last year saw Party, State, and National Assembly (NA) leaders participate in a broad array of important multilateral activities, thereby strongly conveying a message that the country is ready to be a friend and trusted and responsible partner of the wider international community.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to India Nguyen Thanh Hai has presented the decision to appoint Velagapudi Kavitha Dutt, joint managing director of Kcp Ltd, as the Honorary Consul of Vietnam to Tamil Nadu state.

VOV.VN -Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko has praised the country for its efforts in economic development, despite facing a host of difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic amid ongoing concerns regarding a global economic recession.

The pioneering role of the diplomatic sector will be carried forward in building and maintaining an environment of peace and stability, mobilising external resources to serve the national development and raising the country’s position and reputation in the international arena, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has said.

The Vietnamese Government always values the development of traditional friendship with Portugal, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Joao Gomes Cravinho during a reception in Hanoi on January 18.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects Portugal will create conditions for key Vietnamese products, including farm products, to enter its market.