VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted separate receptions for Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias in Hanoi on August 1.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son suggested Vietnam and Greece conclude negotiations, moving towards signing an agreement on shipping and an agreement on double taxation avoidance during the talks with his Greek counterpart Nikolaos Dendias in Hanoi on August 1.

VOV.VN - Lee Yuan Siong, president and CEO of AIA Group of the United States, hailed Vietnamese efforts to improve the business investment environment during a meeting held on August 1 in Hanoi with Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan.

A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee paid a visit to Cambodia from July 28 to 30 to further intensify the two countries’ friendship and cooperation.

VOV.VN - A delegation of the National Assembly’s Committee for National Defence and Security paid a working visit to the United States and the United Nations from July 26 to July 30.

VOV.VN - Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue held a reception for visiting Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan - Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance (JVFPA) in Hanoi on July 29.

VOV.VN - Kanni Wignaraja, assistant secretary general of the UN and regional director of UNDP for Asia and the Pacific, expressed her delight at the nation’s strong commitments to climate change response, including energy transition.

VOV.VN - Australian Minister for Environment and Climate Action Reece Whitby has emphasised that the Western Australian Government places special importance on the Vietnamese role in its Asian Engagement Strategy for 2019 to 2030.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Nen, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, received Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam Denny Abdi and Italian Consul General in the city Enrico Padula on July 28 as the southern city strives to develop ties with the two nations.

Vietnam always attaches importance to and wishes to strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Hungary – its first comprehensive partner among traditional friends in Central Eastern Europe, affirmed President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at his reception for outgoing Hungarian Ambassador Ory Csaba on July 28.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on July 28 received Takebe Tsutomu, special advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, who is in Hanoi for an official visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisation (VUFO) on July 28 presented outgoing Ambassador of Hungary to Vietnam Ory Csaba with its insignia For Peace and Friendship Among Nations.

Lt. Gen. Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, attended the 2022 Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence (CHODs) conference in Sydney from July 25 – 27.

Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh applauded the cooperation between the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) and ministries of Laos while receiving a VAST delegation in Vientiane on July 27.

VOV.VN - It was 28 years ago today that Vietnam officially joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), becoming an active and responsible member and making practical contributions to the grouping’s efforts to build a united, strong, and prosperous regional community.

Authorized by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on July 27 presented a Friendship Order to Hungarian Ambassador to Vietnam Ory Csaba in recognition of the diplomat’s dedication to relations between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien is making an official visit to Laos.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on July 26 received Lao Finance Minister Bounchom Ubonpaseuth who is in Hanoi for an official visit to Vietnam.

Lt. Gen. Nguyen Trong Binh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, received visiting Maj. Gen. Keosouvan Inthavongsa, Director of the Kaysone Phomvihane National Defence Academy of Laos, in Hanoi on July 25.

The Declaration of the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) has contributed to promoting peace, trust and cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, said former Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Dy Nien.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always attaches importance to APEC cooperation in order to maintain peace, stability, cooperation and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region, said a Vietnamese diplomat.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 23 extended his congratulations to his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on the occasion of Egypt’s 70th National Day (July 23).

VOV.VN - Tran Thanh Man, a member of the Politburo and permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA), chaired a ceremony on July 24 in Hanoi to present the State President’s Friendship Order to Anders Johnsson, former Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea (RoK) has always been the leading investor in Vietnam, with the current two-way trade turnover reaching close to US$80 billion, has said President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on July 22 received the visiting Governor of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Maeda Tadashi, in Hanoi during which the Vietnamese top legislator spoke highly of his guest’s recommendations for Vietnam in energy transition

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh on July 21 paid a working visit to Leipzig at the invitation of Mayor Burkhard Jung, during which the two sides discussed ways to further strengthen cooperation between the German locality and Vietnam.

An official of the Japan Ministry of Defence has affirmed that cooperation between Japan and Vietnam is increasingly important to peace and stability in the region and to the international community in the context of the changing world situation.

The Australia – Vietnam Enhanced Economic Engagement Strategy is helping realise the economic potential exiting between the two nations, the spokesperson for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said on July 22.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has expressed hope that Japan and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) in particular provide additional assistance to Vietnam’s priority areas, including climate change adaptation and digital transformation.

Website thediplomat.com has recently run an article highlighting that with Penny Wong’s maiden trip to Vietnam as the new Australian foreign minister, Hanoi stood out as one of Canberra’s leading priorities in Southeast Asia.