Twelve Vietnamese organisations and individuals were conferred with Cambodia’s friendship order at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh on February 7 by Vietnam’s Defence Ministry and a working group of the Cambodian Government.

The Netherlands is ready to boost cooperation with Ho Chi Minh City in the fields of its strength like water resources management, agriculture and aviation, said Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag.

Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Don Tuan Phong hosted a reception in Hanoi on February 7 for President of the Argentina – Vietnam Culture Institute (ICAV) Poldi Sosa Schmidt. 

Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich spoke highly of contributions of outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiaoyong during a reception in Hanoi on February 7. 

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hailed the contributions to promoting Vietnam-China cooperation by outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiaoyong while receiving the diplomat in Hanoi on February 7. 

President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception in Hanoi on February 7 for outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiaoyong.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM Retreat) in Singapore on February 6.

Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh welcomed the Singapore-proposed theme of building a resilient and innovative Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) while addressing the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) in Singapore on February 5-6.

The media in Laos on February 6 ran a series of articles highlighting the success of the 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee, underlining that the results will make significant contributions to the promotion of the bilateral special friendship and comprehensive partnership.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc applauded the contributions made by Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiaoyong to boosting bilateral ties betwen the two nations at a reception for the outgoing diplomat on February 6 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung and his Chinese counterpart Kong Xuanyou co-chaired an annual meeting in Guangzhou province on February 5-6 to review relations between the two countries in 2017 and discuss ways to intensify exchanges and cooperation in 2018.

A get-together was held by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations and the municipal chapter of the Vietnam-Australia Friendship Association on February 6 to celebrate Australia Day (January 26) and 45 years of Vietnam-Australia diplomatic relations (February 26).

 The National Assembly of Vietnam has presented the Cambodian Senate with computers, printers, and photocopiers worth over US$140,000.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hanoi Nguyen Duc Chung had a meeting with outgoing Mozambican Ambassador Gamaliel Munguambe in the city on February 5.

Singapore will help Vietnam develop a roadmap for transforming industries and improving digital management and business capacity, as heard at a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on February 5.

Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh met with Singaporean Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan in Singapore on February 5.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Deputy Minister of National Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh are leading Vietnamese delegations to the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) and ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM Retreat) in Singapore on February 4-6.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always gives the top priority to the promotion of the traditional friendship, special solidarity and all-around cooperation with Laos, considering these  crucial for their countries’ revolutionary causes, has said Prime Minister Nguyen  Xuan Phuc.

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) sent a delegation led by Vice Chairman of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Nguyen Manh Cuong to the 29th Standing Committee Meeting of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in Tehran, Iran from February 1-4.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith on February 4 visited telecommunications company Star Telecom, a joint venture between Lao Asia Telecom and Vietnam’s Viettel Group.

President Tran Dai Quang has decided to present the third-class Independence Order and the Friendship Order to 17 officials of the External Affairs Commission of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee for their contributions to the special friendship ties between the two countries.

Minister, Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung has proposed closer cooperation between the government offices of Vietnam and Laos in the coming time.

 Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Laos Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Thoonglun Sisulit attended a ceremony to inaugurate the scientific and technological human resources training centre in Vientiane, Laos on February 4.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Wattay international airport in Laos’s capital city of Vientiane on the morning of February 4 for the 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-government Committee to which he is the co-chair.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh has paid working visits to the states of Florida and Arkansas to seek broader cooperation between Vietnam and the two US states particularly in economics, trade, investment, and education.

Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiaoyong has been awarded the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations”, the most notable reward of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), for his contributions to the two countries’ relations.

The Central Committees of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) have sent messages of congratulations to the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee over the CPV’s 88th founding anniversary. 

 The 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee, scheduled to take place in Laos on February 4 and 5, will review the implementation of the two counties’ cooperation plan in 2017 and set tasks for this year.

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang’s Party Committee Huynh Van Sum on February 1 held a reception for a delegation from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces’ Military Zone 3 High Command who came to deliver Tet greetings to the local authorities and people.

Thailand thanks the Vietnamese government for facilitating Thai investors doing business in Vietnam, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang who paid him a courtesy visit in Bangkok on January 31.