National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu on June 21 attended a preparatory meeting for the ASEAN Leaders' Interface with Representatives of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) on the occasion of the 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand.

VOV.VN -The first-ever visit to Vietnam by Foreign Minister of Ivory Coast Amon-Tanoh will open up a new chapter in the relations between the two countries, contributing to the enhancement of the bilateral friendship and cooperation in the future, especially in economics, trade and investment.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has affirmed that Vietnam supports Myanmar in its national reconciliation and development with increasingly improving stature in the region and the world. 

Vietnam and Singapore want to step up the comprehensive and substantial development of defence links in the coming time as heard at their 10th defence policy dialogue.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested that Vietnam and India step up their trade ties during his reception for outgoing Indian Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish in Hanoi on June 17. 

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong and President of the Russia Federation V. V. Putin have exchanged greetings on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the treaty on basic principles for the bilateral friendship (June 16, 1994-2019).

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh met with a number of State and Government leaders on the sidelines of the 5th Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Tajikistan from June 14-15. 

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh attended the fifth Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) that took place in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan from June 14-15.

Members of the International Law Commission (ILC) have hailed the realities in Vietnam and Southeast Asia at the first session of the just-concluded 71st general assembly at the United Nations office in Geneva, according to a diplomat.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan held talks with Politburo member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and Secretary and Governor of Vientiane Sinlavong Khoutphaythoune on June 15 to discuss progress of cooperation agreement signed between the two cities in 2017. 

Deputy Defence Minister, Sen. Lt. General Nguyen Chi Vinh, who led a Vietnamese high-ranking military delegation to pay a working visit to Germany from June 10-15, has held talks with Germany’s Defense State Secretary Peter Tauber.

Vice Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Vo Thi Dung held talks with visiting Politburo member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), Secretary of the Party Committee and Governor of Vientiane Sinlavong Khoutphaythoune on June 14 to share Party work experience. 

Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le hosted a reception for a Cuban delegation led by Council of State Secretary Homero Acosta Alvarez, who is also a member of the National Assembly of People’s Power, in HCM City on June 14.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 12 applauded the Czech Republic’s resumption of the grant of working visas for Vietnamese citizens, which is scheduled to begin this month.

With experience accumulated in multilateral external relations over the past decades, cooperation and support from other countries and its own efforts, Vietnam is well positioned to fulfil its role in the UN Security Commission (UNSC), said Ambassador Dinh Thi Minh Huyen, former director of the Foreign Ministry’s Department of International Organisations.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always attributes great importance to fostering the friendship and cooperation with Timor-Leste, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a reception for Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste Dionisio Babo Soares in Hanoi on June 10.

The non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council (UNSC) will open up many opportunities for Vietnam to increase dialogue and cooperation with other countries, particularly world powers and UNSC members, according to Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, who served as Vietnam’s permanent representative to the UN in the term 2014-2018. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 6 sent a message congratulating Prayuth Chan-o-cha on his election as Prime Minister of Thailand.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 4 extended a message of congratulations to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi after he was sworn in for a second term. 

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh offered condolences to Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kang Kyung-Wha over a boat accident involving RoK tourists in Budapest, Hungary.

Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich held bilateral meetings with other delegates to the 18th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 1.

Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich called on parties concerned to work together to solve disputes in peaceful atmosphere, with partnership spirit and for community responsibility while addressing the fifth plenary session of the 18th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 2.

A special point of the ongoing 18th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore is that the interest of the participating countries has become more practical, which raises the voice of small countries clearer, a high-ranking defence official has said.

The 18th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 1 saw various discussions under themes related to maritime security, national defence industry development and national defence cooperation.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs Phan Dinh Trac paid a working trip to Cuba from May 26-31. 

A seminar was held in Hanoi on May 31 to review governmental-level cooperation between Vietnam and Belgium over the past more than four decades. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith vowed to work for a breakthrough in bilateral trade during their meeting in Hanoi on June 1. 

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong on May 31 received Ruan Chengfa, Governor of Yunnan province of China, who is on a working visit to Vietnam. 

The Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) endorsed more than 20 initiatives for 2019-2020 in Bangkok on May 31. 

The 18th Shangri-La Dialogue – the leading security forum of Asia-the Pacific – officially opened in the evening of May 31 in Singapore.