Ho Chi Minh City always attaches importance to boosting the friendship and cooperation with Laos and its localities in all fields, said Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan.

VOV.VN - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to Vietnam over March 22-23, according to the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Lieut. Gen. Le Hien Van, deputy chief of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 20 for Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nikolay Petrovic, head of the Department for Military Counterintelligence Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia.

Vietnam and Belgium are preparing for upcoming visits, notably the Belgium visit by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in the third quarter of this year in the context of the nations celebrating the 45th anniversary of their diplomatic ties, stated newly-accredited Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium Vu Anh Quang.

President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in’s upcoming visit to Vietnam will provide momentum in seeking new emerging trade partners for the RoK in Southeast Asia. 

President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has said he intends to further deepen friendship and trust with the Vietnamese leadership to lift the strategic cooperative partnership between the RoK and Vietnam to a new height during his upcoming State visit to Vietnam.

Defence cooperation between Vietnam and France has been consolidated over the years with significant achievements in many areas, according to senior Vietnamese and French officers. 

Leaders of the General Staff of the People’s Army of Vietnam and Laos have stressed the strengthening of coordination in preventing and combating hostile sabotage plots to undermine the special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos and the respective countries’ nation-building cause.

Vietnam and Italy have deepened cooperation since the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties 45 years ago. 

Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Trong Nghia, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army expressed his hope for receiving sounder collaboration in the search and repatriation of the remains of the Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who died in Laos during war time.

President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in will pay a state visit to Vietnam from March 22-24, which is expected to be a chance for the two countries to further enhance their relations.

VOV.VN - State President Tran Dai Quang on March 19 sent a congratulatory letter to Vladimir Putin on his re-election as President of Russia.

Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh had a meeting in Hanoi on March 19 with Kelly McKeague Director of the Defence Prisoner of War/Mission in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA) under the US Department of Defence.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has expressed his hope that the newly-accredited Peruvian Ambassador to Vietnam, Augusto Morelli Salgado, will help connect the two countries as well as the two capitals in particular.

The General Department of Vietnam Customs and the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia agreed to enhance cooperation at high-level talks between the two customs bodies in Ho Chi Minh City on March 19.

President of the Vietnam – US Society (VUS) Nguyen Tam Chien hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 19 for Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the US Vincent “B.J” Lawrence. 

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong sent a congratulatory message to Vladimir Putin on his re-election as President of Russia.

Deputy Foreign Minister of Vietnam Vu Hong Nam and Assistant Foreign Minister Ali Suleiman Al-Saeed of Kuwait co-chaired the third Vietnam – Kuwait political consultation in Hanoi on March 19. 

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visits to New Zealand and Australia and his attendance at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit were successful, bringing relations between Vietnam and the two nations to a new height and raising Vietnam's international profile.

VOV.VN - President Tran Dai Quang has congratulated Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Vietnam Khalid Ibrahim Abdulaziz Shohail Al-Qahtani on his successful term of office in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on March 19 extended a congratulatory message to Wang Yi on his reappointment as Chinese Foreign Minister and promotion to State Counselor. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi early in the morning March 19, concluding his official visits to New Zealand and Australia where he also attended the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit, at the invitation of his New Zealand and Australian counterparts Jacinda Andern and Malcolm Turnbull. 

Vietnam and China held the ninth round of negotiations of a working group on the sea area beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and the sixth round of negotiations of a working group on cooperation in sea development in the central city Da Nang, on March 15-16.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 18 sent a message of congratulation to Li Keqiang on his re-election as Chinese Premier.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese leaders on March 17 extended congratulatory messages to their Chinese counterparts on their election during the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress.

Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove hailed the importance of the establishment of a strategic partnership between their countries at a meeting in Canberra on March 15.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc highly spoke of efforts by the Australia – Vietnam Friendship Society (AVFS) to promote friendship and mutual understanding between people of Vietnam and Australia while talking to AVFS President Kim Sampson on March 15.

Vietnam and Australia issued a joint statement on the establishment of the Strategic Partnership on March 15 during Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Australia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull signed a joint statement on the establishment of the Vietnam-Australia Strategic Partnership following their talks in Canberra, Australia on March 15 as part of the Vietnamese PM’s official visit.

VOV.VN - Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov will pay a two-day visit to Vietnam over March 19-20.