VOV.VN - The relationship between Vietnam and the Vatican in the spirit of friendship, mutual understanding, and mutual respect has seen many positive development steps over recent years.

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong has encouraged the Austrian State of Burgenland to enter into partnerships with Vietnamese localities sharing similarities in terms of economy - society, culture and tourism so as to promote people-to-people diplomacy and mutual understanding between the two sides.

VOV.VN - Vietnam wishes to promote the friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Indonesia and Iran, said National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue during his separate meetings with the Ambassadors of Indonesia and Iran in Hanoi on July 25.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is impressed by Vietnam's capabilities and active engagement regarding its positive contributions within the UN framework and IAEA’s cooperative activities serving atomic energy applications for peaceful purposes, Acting Director General Najat Mokhtar affirmed at her July 24 meeting with State President Vo Van Thuong in Austria.

Italy and Vietnam, sharing a sustainable relationship, see great potential to further bolster their partnership extensively and intensively, Andrea Fais, Editor-in-Chief of Scenari Internazionali (international scenarios) magazine told Vietnam News Agency (VNA) correspondents in Rome on the occasion of President Vo Van Thuong’s State visit to Italy.

Vietnam always values the strengthening of ties with Austria, its important and reliable partner in Europe, State President Vo Van Thuong told President of the Federal Council of Austria Claudia Arpa during a meeting in Vienna on July 24.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands has held an exchange with international students from The Hague Academy of International Law, introducing them to Vietnam's foreign policy and activities of its diplomatic representative agencies abroad.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held a meeting with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg in Vienna on July 24 (local time), as part of President Vo Van Thuong’s ongoing Austria visit.

A delegation from the south-central province of Khanh Hoa led by Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Tan Tuan is on a working trip to Australia from July 23-28.

Defence cooperation between Vietnam and India has been actively promoted, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong said while receiving Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Indian Naval Staff, in Hanoi on July 24.