The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association (VLFA) at all levels will organise a wide range of activities in 2017 to actively contribute to consolidating and developing the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos.

Vietnamese and Lao border officials agreed to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in border management during their 26th annual meeting in Vientiane on January 5. 

VOV.VN -  Vietnam and Bhutan share many similarities in culture, history, and religion, thus providing a solid foundation for bilateral relations to further grow. 

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) wants to boost affiliation between its youth division and Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, said Suzuki Keisuke, Director of the LDP’s Youth Division.

VOV.VN -On December 29, President Tran Dai Quang hosted Ambassador of Czech Republic in Vietnam Martin Klepetko who came to bid farewell to the Vietnamese State leader at the end of his tenure.

Chief of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) cabinet Mam Sarin has proposed leaders of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the CPP sign a new bilateral cooperation agreement for the 2017-2018 period.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 23 for Katayama Satsuki, Acting Chairwoman of the Policy Research Council under the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has proposed the Lao National Mekong Committee continue working with Vietnam to monitor and examine practical impacts of hydropower plants on the trans-boundary river and protect its environment.

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) exchanged experience in Party building work in the context of international integration during the 12th theoretical seminar which opened in Hanoi on December 23.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi have agreed to effectively implement cooperation mechanisms between the two foreign ministries and optimize their active coordination role in promoting ties between the two Parties and countries.

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Volachith has lauded the sound cooperation between his Party’s information and education commission and that of the Communist Party of Vietnam over the past years.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Lee Hyuk and Ambassador of Iran Saleh Adibi in Hanoi on December 23.    

South African leaders expressed their appreciation for bilateral friendship and mutual support with Vietnam over the past more than six decades during talks with Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh. 

Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap and Cambodia’s northwestern province of Banteay Meanchey have inked an agreement on bilateral cooperation for the 2016-2020 period.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has told Hungarian Ambassador to Vietnam Ory Csaba that the Vietnamese capital city is willing to extensively cooperate with Hungary in all spheres.

Head of the National Assembly Committee for Deputy Affairs Tran Van Tuy has affirmed that Vietnam attaches special importance to developing stable, healthy and sustainable ties with China, considering it a strategic choice and top priority in its external policy. 

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Tri Dung has expressed wish that Lao leaders will continue to assist Vietnamese firms in doing business in the country in order to lift two-way trade. 

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has urged member ministries, sectors and localities of the National Committee for APEC 2017 to enhance coordination and information sharing in order to ensure the success of all activities during the APEC Year in Vietnam in 2017. 

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen concluded a successful official visit to Vietnam on December 21 afternoon. 

World Bank (WB) Country Director in Vietnam Ousmane Dione has pledged to assist Vietnam in fields of request and stand ready to offer policy consultations to the Vietnamese government. 

VOV.VN -  President Tran Dai Quang has praised UNESCO’s Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education Program and hoped it  would be successfully implemented on the basis of common awareness of sustainable development among UN members. 

Vietnam and Cambodia on December 21 issued a Joint Statement on the occasion of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen’s official visit to Vietnam.

Canada and Vietnam boast a great opportunity to promote their bond, especially in trade, investment, official development assistance (ODA), education-training and people-to-people exchange, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Canada’s new ambassador to Vietnam Ping Kitnikone. 

VOV.VN - On December 20, Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong and President Tran Dai Quang received Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen in Hanoi.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen began a two-day official visit to Vietnam from December 20. 

A delegation from the Ministry of National Defence led by Deputy Minister Be Xuan Truong paid an official visit to Cuba from December 12-18.

Minister of Public Security To Lam has proposed Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha instruct relevant bodies to accelerate the signing of an agreement on criminal extradition as a legal foundation for the two countries’ law enforcement forces.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen will pay the second official visit to Vietnam since he was re-appointed as Prime Minister in 2013.

VOV.VN - 2016 has been a successful year for Vietnam’s diplomacy, helping to raise Vietnam’s status globally.

Chairman of the Presidential Office Dao Viet Trung has suggested Poland consider the establishment of an Inter-Governmental Committee on bilateral economic cooperation at the earliest.