Speaker of Myanmar’s Parliament and House of Nationalities Mahn Win Khaing Than wrapped up his week-long visit to Vietnam in Hanoi on May 16.

Foreign-invested enterprises, including Samsung Complex Vietnam (Samsung Vietnam) of the Republic of Korea (RoK), are an important component of Vietnam’s economy, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Han Myoung-Sup, General Director of Samsung Vietnam at a meeting in Hanoi on May 16. 

Vietnam and China have reached important common awareness on major directions and measures to enhance mutual political trust, friendship, and cooperation as well as maintain peace and stable and healthy development of bilateral relations.

Vietnam supports cooperation between Vietnamese and Japanese localities, said Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh at her meeting with leaders of Fukuoka prefecture and Kitakyushu city on May 15.

President Tran Dai Quang, his spouse and the Vietnamese delegation left Beijing on May 15, concluding a five-day State visit to China, during which he also attended the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

Myanmar wishes that Vietnamese businesses will increase their investment in the country, Speaker of Myanmar’s Parliament and House of Nationalities Mahn Win Khaing Than told Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 The Vietnamese State and Government support the enhancement of relations with Japan’s Kyushu region, and welcome businesses from the region and Fukuoka prefecture in particular to invest in Vietnam, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh said.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong reiterated Vietnam’s consistent policy of treasuring and expanding the friendship and multi-faceted partnership with Myanmar via Party, Government, and parliament channels and people-to-people exchange.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s National Assembly supports stronger defence and security cooperation between Vietnam and Myanmar, said Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan during talks on May 15 in Hanoi with the Speaker of Myanmar’s Upper House Mahn Win Khaing.

VOV.VN - President Tran Dai Quang on May 15 had separate meetings with leaders from Laos, Russia, Belarus, Chile, Italy, Argentina and Myanmar on the margins of the Belt and Road Forum in China. 

Rear Admiral Pham Hoai Nam, Commander of the Vietnam People’s Navy, had a bilateral meeting with his Singaporean counterpart Lai Chung Han on May 14, Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) newspaper reported.

President Tran Dai Quang on May 14 met with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawar Sharif and Secretary General of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party Toshihiro Nakai on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China.

President Tran Dai Quang on May 13 toured Fujian province, a coastal locality in south-eastern China, as part of his State-visit to the country.

Nguyen Chi Vinh, standing member of the Central Military Commission and Deputy Defence Minister, met with Fan Changlong, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China, in Beijing on May 12 in the framework of President Tran Dai Quang’s State visit to China. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh has asked Moroccan Ambassador to Vietnam Azzeddine Farhane to promote linkages among businesses in the fields of trade, tourism, finance and banking.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh expressed her delight at the close and fruitful cooperation between the Vietnamese and Japanese parliaments while meeting President of the House of Councillors of Japan Date Chuichi in Tokyo on May 12.

The legislatures of Vietnam and China should increase exchanges and sharing of experience in law-making and building a socialist state of law, said President Tran Dai Quang.

Vietnam and China have agreed to further promote existing bilateral cooperation mechanisms in a bid to develop their relations healthily and stably.

Yu Zhengsheng, Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, has hailed the importance of President Tran Dai Quang’s visit to China during his meeting with the Vietnamese President in Beijing on May 12.

Stronger cooperation in all spheres between Vietnam and China is critical to each country’s development, bringing about economic benefits and reinforcing mutual trust and friendship between the two peoples, said President Tran Dai Quang.

The Vietnamese Party and Government highly evaluate the ties formed between the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), stated President Tran Dai Quang.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh paid a courtesy visit to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and met with Crown Prince Naruhito on May 11 when she is visiting Japan and attending the 27th Global Summit of Women (GWS).

The Vietnamese legislature commits to continuing to be an active and responsible member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), especially upholding its role as a member of the IPU Executive Board for the 2016-2019 tenure to contribute to its common development.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received in Phnom Penh on May 11 senior representatives of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Cisco of the US.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has expressed her wish that Vietnam and the Philippines would strengthen economic, trade and investment cooperation in the near future.

The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) and the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji should enhance exchanges and the sharing of experience in lawmaking to make their ties more practical and effective, said NA Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty.

Ho Chi Minh City welcomes German investment in the local high-tech and energy sectors, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem said when receiving Iris Gleicke, Parliamentary State Secretary at Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy on May 11.

Vietnam took the Chair of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) in the 2017-2018 tenure from the Republic of Fiji at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on May 11. 

National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong has asked Laos to support Vietnam in the regulation and use of the Mekong River’s water resources.

The relations between Vietnam and China have entered a new period of sustainable, comprehensive, healthy and stable cooperation, according to Ling Dequan, a researcher at the Xinhua News Agency’s Centre for World Affairs Studies.