VOV.VN - Elizabeth McIninch, director of the Canada-Vietnam Trade Council and a media consultant with deep expertise in Southeast Asia, has affirmed that the nation has become a mediator between member states of ASEAN and plays a leading role in the common home of 650 million people.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s accession to ASEAN back in 1995 represents one of the most important milestones, not only in the nation’s foreign policy history since the August Revolution in 1945, but also in terms of the regional bloc’s development.

VOV.VN - During 28 years as a member of ASEAN showing a proactive, positive, and responsible spirit, Vietnam has not only seriously fulfilled its commitments and obligations as a member, but has also made important contributions to the further development and growth of the regional bloc.

VOV.VN - Representatives of two capital cities of Hanoi and Cairo on July 27 inked a friendship and cooperation agreement in the witness of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, on his official visit to Egypt.

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong and his wife attended a state banquet hosted by Italian President Sergio Mattarella and his daughter on July 26 evening (local time) as part of State visit to the European nation.

President Vo Van Thuong on July 27 held separate meetings with General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party Mauro Alboresi, Vice President of the Italian Democratic Party Chiara Gribaudo, and General Secretary of the Italian Communist Refoundation Party Maurizio Acerbo, as part of his State-level visit to the European nation.

Vietnam and Italy have issued a Joint statement on strengthening their bilateral strategic partnership on the occasion of President Vo Van Thuong’s State visit to Italy.

The Ministry of National Defence on July 27 held a ceremony to hand over the President’s decision to an officer who will take on United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) Mission in Abyei on the border of South Sudan and Sudan.

VOV.VN - Egypt is willing to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese businesses to come and operate efficiently in the country, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly told Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang during their talks in Cairo on July 27.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Steven Winn, senior managing executive officer of the Japanese energy company JERA in Hanoi on July 27.