Vietnam always attaches great importance to developing the traditional friendship with South Africa, the only African country that it has set up the partnership for cooperation and development with, stated Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh Minh.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc praised Austrian Ambassador Thomas Loidl for his contribution to Vietnam-Austria relations during a reception in Hanoi on September 7.

Politburo member Truong Thi Mai and Gergely Gulyas, Vice President of the ruling party of Hungary – the Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz) –, signed an MoU on cooperation between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Fidesz in Budapest on September 6. 

Vietnam and Cuba need to continue boosting cooperation in politics, economic-trade and investment in an effective manner, Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said.

Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Phuong Nam, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), received Major General Soe Win, head of the Myanmar’s army medical department, in Hanoi on September 6.

A Vietnam Women’s Union delegation attended a ceremony hosted by the Lao Women’s Union Central Committee in Vientiane on September 6 to mark the 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Laos and 40 years since the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.

Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Minister of Defence Phan Van Giang had bilateral meetings with participants at the 20th Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference (CHOD-20) in Victoria, Canada while leading a delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army to the event.

Observing commitments to promoting human rights is an important part of Vietnam’s efforts and also an important achievement of the country in ensuring human rights.  

Egypt is always willing to enhance its ties with Vietnam for the sake of common interests of the two nations, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said in Hanoi on September 6 at a State banquet to welcome him and the Egyptian delegation hosted by the Vietnamese President. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 6 for a delegation from the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union led by its Secretary Sonethanou Thammavong. 

Trade is a top priority of the Vietnam – Ukraine comprehensive partnership, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc while receiving Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin in Hanoi on September 6.

The Central Committees of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU) and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union (LPRYU) discussed coordination directions during talks in Hanoi on September 6.

Vietnam regards South Africa as one of the leading partners in Africa, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a reception for visiting South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana Mashabane in Hanoi on September 6.

VOV.VN - Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang gave a warm welcome to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the Presidential Palace in the capital city of Hanoi this Wednesday, September 6.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania Nguyen Kim Doanh paid a courtesy call to Uganda’s Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, who expressed his wish that relations between Vietnam and Uganda will be enhanced soon.

Kamal Malhotra, UN Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Vietnam, lauded the country’s contributions to UN peacekeeping operations at a meeting on September 5.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung bid farewell to outgoing Austrian Ambassador Thomas Loidl in a meeting on September 5.

 The official visit to Vietnam of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will create a momentum for the development of Vietnam-Egypt relations, stated Egyptian Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Dr Sahar Nasr.

Top leaders of the Party, State, Government and National Assembly of Vietnam have received more messages of congratulations from their foreign counterparts on the 72nd anniversary of National Day (September 2). 

Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc and Cuban First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcelino Medina Gonzalez co-chaired the fourth political consultation at the Deputy Foreign Minister level in Hanoi on September 5.

VOV.VN - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Vietnam is regarded as an important milestone in Vietnam-Egypt cooperation, which will help reinforce the traditional partnership between the two countries in a multitude of fields.

VOV.VN - Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh on September 5 had working sessions with leaders in the Russian city of Vladivostok.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Kham-Inh Khitchadeth, Head of the Lao Permanent Mission to the UN, World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland  has congratulated the Vietnamese mission on the country’s 72nd National Day (September 2).

VOV.VN -  Party, State, Government, and National Assembly leaders of Vietnam continue to receive messages of congratulations  on the country’s 72nd National Day (September 2).

Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has highlighted considerable strides Vietnam has made in recent decades at a ceremony in Canberra to mark the 72nd National Day of Vietnam (September 2).

Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Thach Du highlighted cooperation attainments between the two countries in recent times at a banquet hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh on September 1 to celebrate the 72nd National Day of Vietnam (September 2, 1945).

Leaders of China, Laos, Cambodia, Russia, Cuba, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, and the Japanese Emperor have cabled messages of congratulations to Vietnamese leaders on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of National Day of Vietnam (September 2). 

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man has sent a congratulatory message to President of the Lao Front for National Construction Saysomphone Phomvihane on the occasion of the 55th founding anniversary of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic ties (September 5, 1962).

A scientific workshop featuring Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts on Vietnamese revolution and Kaysone Phomvihane’s thoughts on Lao revolution took place in Vientiane on August 30. 

President Tran Dai Quang on August 30 sent a letter of congratulations to Sultan Muhammad V, the 15th king of Malaysia, on the country’s 60th National Day (August 31).