VOV.VN - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Vietnam in the second half of this year to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties and 10 years of the strategic partnership between the two countries this year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam on May 10 on the sideline of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highlighted three core factors to ASEAN’s characteristics, values, vitality and reputation, which are maintaining independence and strategy self-reliance, turning itself into a growth epicenter and better adapting to external shocks in his remarks at the opening session of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, on May 10 morning.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan and Managing Director of the Netherlands’ Royal HaskoningDHV Vietnam company Vadim Sheronov discussed orientations to promoting bilateral cooperation during a local meeting on May 9.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of other ASEAN member states attended the opening ceremony of their 42nd summit on Labuan Bajo island of Indonesia on May 10 morning.

President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 9 for Queen Mathilde of Belgium, who is on a visit to Vietnam in her capacity as Honorary President of UNICEF Belgium.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen on May 9 on the sidelines of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Indonesian President Joko Widodo have agreed to further bring into play the traditional close-knit friendship so as to take both nations’ strategic partnership to new heights.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived at Labuan Bajo airport, Indonesia, on May 9 afternoon, beginning his participation in a broad array of activities within the framework of the 42nd ASEAN Summit from May 9-11 in Indonesia.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s attendance at the 42nd ASEAN Summit aims to affirm the nation’s priority areas of co-operation which covers strategic infrastructure connectivity, digital transformation, green transformation, food security, energy, sub-regional development, and climate change response.