President of the India-Vietnam Solidarity Committee in West Bengal State Greetesh Sharma has suggested the two countries further promote bilateral friendship and solidarity.

The prosecution sectors of Vietnam and Cuba have agreed to boost the exchange of information on non-traditional and trans-national crimes and soon ink a bilateral judiciary support agreement in 2017-2018.

Speaker of India’s Lower House Sumitra Mahajan and visiting National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan agreed on the need to enhance parliamentary relations during their talks at the Indian parliament’s headquarters in New Delhi on late December 9.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his support for Indian investors to do business in Vietnam during a meeting with visiting National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in New Delhi on December 9.

Peru has officially handed over the chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for 2017 to Vietnam at the Informal Senior Official Meeting (ISOM) among APEC members in Hanoi on December 9. 

Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Maurice Obstfeld has expressed his support for Vietnam’s reform orientations, especially in the fiscal policy and the restructuring of the banking system and State-owned enterprises.  

China is set on continuously consolidating and developing the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with Vietnam, said Wan Gang, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 9 received Isao Iijima, Special Advisor to the Japanese Cabinet, during which he proposed that Vietnam and Japan should forge stronger partnership in agriculture, labour, culture and tourism.

The US National Centre for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will work to draw businesses to the CEO Summit as part of the APEC Year in 2017 in Vietnam.

VOV.VN -The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Vietnam held a ceremony at Sheraton Hanoi Hotel on December 8 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the country’s Independence Day.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will lead a Vietnamese delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend the 11th Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament slated for December 11-13. 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan praised the Vietnamese embassy in India for its dedication to bilateral friendship and cooperation during a meeting with its staff in New Delhi on December 8. 

Vietnamese Minister Chu Ngoc Anh has thanked the Lao Government for its assistance and provision of favourable conditions for cooperation between the two countries’ ministries of science and technology.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc appreciated the results of cooperation between Vietnam and Spain recently, particularly a trade revenue of US$3 billion last year and US$2 billion in the first half of this year.

Vietnam and Malaysia should work out specific, practical measures to achieve their trade target of US$15 billion by 2020, President Tran Dai Quang has said.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan leaves Hanoi on December 8 to visit India at the invitation of Senate President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Speaker of the Lower House Sumitra Mahajan. 

There is plenty of room for Vietnam and India to deepen bilateral defence cooperation based on their comprehensive strategic partnership.

Vietnam welcomes investors from Russia and Kursk province in particular and will provide them with all possible support, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh told Kursk Governor Alexander Mikhailov during a reception in Hanoi on December 7. 

The Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre on December 7 and France’s Embassy in Vietnam organised a workshop exchanging experience on the sending of a sapper unit to the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions.

Leaders of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Laos News Agency (KPL) have agreed to improve the quality of news for exchange, while strengthening communications on the special ties of Vietnam and Laos.

National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty has met with senior officials of Canada’s parliament and government, voicing his hope for enhanced substantive cooperation between the Vietnamese and Canadian parliaments.

Two vessels of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Navy began a visit to Vietnam on December 7 after arriving at Cam Ranh International Port, the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, the same day.

An official visit to India by National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan from December 8-11 is expected to help realise the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich, who is on a visit to India from December 4-7, has met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said that India wishes to maintain and boost friendship and cooperation with Vietnam.

Da Nang has been preparing for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, which will take place in November, 2017, in the central city.

Washington DC, December 6 (VNA) – Senator John McCain, Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, has said he will continue working to enhance US-Vietnam ties during a meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Dinh Quy and his Argentinean counterpart Carlos Foradori chaired the seventh political consultation between the two countries in Buenos Aires on December 5.

Vietnam and India have reiterated their desire to increase bilateral cooperation, especially in the field of defence, for mutual benefits and peace, stability and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assured Chinese investors that the Vietnamese Government will provide the best possible conditions for them to do business in the Southeast Asian country.

Minister of Public Security To Lam and Myanmar’s Minister of Home Affairs Kyaw Swe have agreed to strengthen the exchange of law enforcement experience and information of crimes to better prevent and combat trans-national and emerging crimes.