The national coordinating agency for the prevention and control of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) convened its first meeting in Hanoi on February 22.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will make a state visit to Singapore this week at the invitation of President Halimah Yacob, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a statement on February 22.

VOV.VN - State president Nguyen Xuan Phuc will pay a State-level visit to Singapore from February 24 – 26 at the invitation of his Singaporean counterpart Halimah Yacob, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on February 22.

VOV.VN - United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix on February 21 thanked Vietnam for its strong support for UN peacekeeping operations, as well as its personnel contributions to the United Nations.

VOV.VN - The Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea, known as the East Sea in Vietnam, will be formulated to address shortcomings from its predecessor – the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the regional waters (DOC).

VOV.VN - European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans says he is impressed by Vietnam’s development as evidenced by the government’s efforts to realize environmental commitments.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception for visiting Executive Vice President of the European Commission (EC) Frans Timmermans in Hanoi on February 18.

VOV.VN - The EU supports and promotes co-operation with Vietnam in prioritised areas through private investment capital, as well as from the EU and other international financial sources.

VOV.VN - More than a quarter of a century ago, ASEAN proposed the idea of formulating a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea, known as the East Sea in Vietnam, although such an agreement has still yet to be reached.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang began his tenure as Head of the Permanent Delegation of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) in New York on February 17.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang held a working session with Torino Panetta, mayor of Choisy-le-Roi in the town’s conference hall on February 17 to discuss the possibility of strengthening cooperation between the two sides.

VOV.VN - The comprehensive partnership between the United States and Vietnam has been developing in a positive manner over the years, and it is now the right time to lift it to a strategic level, said newly-accredited Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Dung, accompanied by his wife Tran Thi Bich Van, arrived in Washington on February 16, starting his term of office as Vietnamese Ambassador to the US.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese delegation led by Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son attended the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (AMMR) which was held both in person and via videoconference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on February 17

The Vietnamese Party, State and people always attach importance to the traditional friendship and cooperation with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), said a Party official.

Representatives of the Vietnamese and Lao Embassies and Delegations to the EU in Belgium gathered together at an exchange event in Brussels on February 15 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and South Africa have discussed preparations for the upcoming fifth meeting of the Inter-Governmental Partnership Forum of the two countries scheduled to take place in 2022.

VOV.VN - An ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) took place physically and virtually on February 16 in Phnom Penh of Cambodia that is assuming the role as ASEAN Chair in 2022.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 15 evening had a phone call with Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla, during which he proposed that the pharmaceutical firm soon deliver its vaccine to Vietnam to timely immunize children aged five to 11.

VOV.VN - The success of Vietnam’s vaccine diplomacy policy in 2021 has offered the country a number of useful lessons in which to help this policy be more effectively implemented this year and to better deal with the latest situation.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception for Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam in Hanoi on February 14.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 14 received Alok Kumar Sharma, British Cabinet Minister and President for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), who is on a working visit to Vietnam to promote the implementation of the conference’s outcomes.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received the newly-appointed ambassadors of the US and Mexico, who came to present their credentials to the Vietnamese leader in Hanoi on February 11.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug and the RoK’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki in Seoul on February 11.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had separate meetings with the ambassadors of Singapore and Egypt in Hanoi on February 11.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has sent a congratulatory message of to Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on the occasion of the National Day of Iran (February 11, 1979-2022).

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang on February 10 held separate talks with Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen, and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Vietnam Naomi Kitahara.

VOV.VN - Hanoi and Singapore have substantial co-operation opportunities moving forward, especially in such areas as politics, pandemic prevention and control, trade, investment, tourism, smart urban development, education-training, and culture.

VOV.VN - Algerian Ambassador to Vietnam Boubazine Abdelhamid expressed his nation's wish to see Algeria further promote economic relations that can fulfil both nations’ potential in a recent media interview conducted on the first days of the Lunar New Year or Tet.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will work closely toward lifting their relationship to a level of comprehensive strategic partnership in 2022 in celebration of 30 years of diplomacy between the two countries.