VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation met with Vietnamese experts and intellectuals in Belgium and Luxembourg on the morning of October 24 (local time) in Brussels, within their official visit Belgium.

VOV.VN - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and a high-ranking Polish delegation visited Hoi An Ancient Town in the central city of Da Nang on the morning of October 24, as part of his official visit to Vietnam from October 24 to 26.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam and his spouse presented books to the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels on October 24 (local time), as part of their official visit to Belgium.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam received Minister-President of Flanders Matthias Diependaele on October 23 as part of his official visit to Belgium.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam delivered a policy speech titled "Turning vision into action – from political determination to a model for cooperation" at Egmont – The Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels on October 23 afternoon (local time).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam met with Speaker of the Senate Vincent Blondel and President of the House of Representatives Peter De Roover on the afternoon of October 23 as part of his official visit to Belgium.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a ceremony on October 23 to mark the 108th founding anniversary of the independent Czechoslovak state (October 28, 1918–2026).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam received Minister-President of the Wallonia region Adrien Dolimont in Brussels on October 23, part of his official visit to Belgium.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrived in the central city of Da Nang on October 23 evening, beginning an official visit to Vietnam from October 24-26 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Le Minh Hung.

The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on October 23 to present decisions by the President and the Minister of National Defence assigning officers to UN peacekeeping missions at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

Vietnamese Party and State leaders on October 23 sent messages of sympathy to their Chinese counterparts following a devastating earthquake that struck Baqing county, Nagqu city, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China on the evening of October 22, causing heavy losses of life and property.

VOV.VN - Belgium considers Vietnam its top priority partner in Southeast Asia and wishes to expand all-around cooperation in areas of mutual strength and shared interests, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever affirmed during talks with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam in Brussels on October 23.

Vietnam will keep making active, responsible contributions to United Nations (UN) efforts for peace, cooperation and sustainable development, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung told the UN Resident Coordinator and heads of UN agencies in Vietnam during a reception in Hanoi on October 23, ahead of UN Day on October 24.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam delivered a policy speech at Egmont – The Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels on the afternoon of October 23 (local time).

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s visit to Vietnam from October 24–26 will provide fresh impetus for bilateral cooperation across politics, trade, investment, science and technology, education and tourism, Vietnamese Ambassador to Poland Ha Hoang Hai has said.

VOV.VN - Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever hosted an official welcom ceremony for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam at Egmont Palace in Brussels at noon on October 23 (local time).

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly met King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium at Laeken Royal Castle in northern Brussels on the morning of October 23 (local time).

VOV.VN - The October 22 talks in Brussels between General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of Vietnam To Lam, European Council President Antonio Costa, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen marked substantive progress in Vietnam-EU relations following the upgrade of bilateral ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in January 2026.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defence on October 23 convened a conference to review the UN peacekeeping mission terms of Engineering Company Rotation 4 and Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 7 via both in-person and online formats.

VOV.VN - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will pay an official visit to Vietnam from October 24 to 26, 2026, at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung.

VOV.VN - The Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and the Austria-Vietnam Association recently hosted a roundtable themed "Austria-Vietnam: Partners in a Changing World" to mark the association's 50th anniversary.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son and Executive Vice President of the European Commission Roxana Minzatu signed a Letter of Intent on education and training cooperation in Brussels on October 22.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam has held talks with European Council President António Costa as part of his official visit to the European Union (EU).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation visited the Port of Antwerp-Bruges on October 22, as part of his trip to the European Union and Belgium.

VOV.VN - The Uruguayan Parliament has highly appreciated Vietnam’s increasingly prominent role in Southeast Asia while affirming that parliamentary diplomacy serves as an important bridge contributing to strengthening political, trade, and cultural ties between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the US are working together to examine millions of pages of wartime documents stored at the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to search for, recover, and identify the remains of fallen Vietnamese soldiers.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed their commitment to effectively implementing their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, advancing the EVFTA, promoting the early ratification of the EVIPA, and strengthening cooperation in technology, energy and strategic infrastructure.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Belgium are looking to deepen their longstanding relationship through stronger political coordination and more substantive cooperation in trade, investment, maritime logistics and high technology.

VOV.VN - Vietnam regards the European Union (EU) as one of its priority partners and seeks to make the Vietnam–EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership deeper, more substantive and more effective.

VOV.VN - Vietnam wants to move beyond expanding trade and investment towards long-term partnerships with European and Belgian businesses, built on joint investment, technology transfer, workforce development and stronger positions for Vietnamese companies in global value chains.