Minister of National Defence Ngo Xuan Lich received the Thai and Singaporean ambassadors to Vietnam at the ministry’s headquarters in Hanoi on October 6. 

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu on October 6 received a delegation of Romanian Chamber of Deputies’ Committee for Legal Matters, Discipline, and Immunities, led by Social Democrat Senator Daniel Barbulescu. 

VOV.VN - On October 6, National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received outgoing Japanese ambassador to Vietnam Hiroshi Fukada. 

VOV.VN -On the morning of October 6, President Tran Dai Quang hosted an official welcome ceremony for his  Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani at  Hanoi-based Presidential Palace.

Vietnam’s honorary consulate was inaugurated in New Caledonia on October 5 with Dinh Jean-Pierre as its Honorary Consul General.

Vietnam consistently supports efforts towards non-proliferation and general and complete disarmament, with highest priority given to weapons of mass destruction, the country’s representative said at the general debate of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly’s 71st session.

Deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Nguyen Tuan Phong paid a working visit to Bolivia from October 3-5 to strengthen friendship and cooperation with the country’s political parties. 

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung and his Lao counterpart Sonsay Siphandone pledged to give the highest priority to fostering traditional friendship and special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos during their talks in Vientiane on October 5. 

VOV.VN -  The Party, State, and people of Vietnam treasure their friendly neighborliness and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on October 5 started a three-day State-level visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang.

Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, met with officers of Laos’s border guard force and Bangladesh’s national defence college on October 4, aiming to enhance defence cooperation. 

A State visit to Vietnam by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani from October 5-7 is set to solidify cooperation between Iran and the Southeast Asian nation. 

Vietnam welcomes multifaceted cooperation with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), particularly in science as well as information and technology, said Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Thanh Hung. 

The UK intends to deepen relationship with countries across the globe and Vietnam plays an important role in that strategy, said Eleanor Laing, Vice Speaker of the House of Commons of the UK at her meeting with President Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi on October 4.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Hiroshi Fukada in Hanoi on October 4.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue suggested Thailand’s Kasikorn Bank (KBank) offer more quality financial services suitable for Vietnam as the country aims to have 1 million businesses by 2020. 

VOV.VN -Vietnam considers South Africa its leading partner in Africa and wants to develop bilateral cooperation in a variety of fields to match their partnership for cooperation and development.

VOV.VN - South Africa’s Presidential Office has reported on Vice President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa's ongoing 2-day official visit to Vietnam.

Vietnam attaches importance to defence cooperation with Thailand, and the Ministry of Defence will create favourable conditions for Thai military attachés to fulfil their duties in Vietnam, said a Vietnamese senior officer. 

VOV.VN - Following its term as a member of the UN Human Rights Council (2014-2016), Vietnam is bidding to become a member of the UN International Law Commission in the 2017-2021 term reflecting Vietnam’s determination to contribute more to the UN.

Vietnam and South Africa agreed to enhance traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation in the future, particularly in politics, trade, justice, science-technology, and defense security.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan expressed her wish that Vietnamese and UK legislatures will exchange their legislative experience and capacity for working at the parliament, especially among young deputies.

A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam led by Nguyen Tuan Phong, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, attended the Latin American Progressive Meeting in Quito, Ecuador, from September 28-30. 

Three resolutions sponsored by Vietnam have been passed at the 37th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 37), which took place in Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw from September 30 to October 2. 

Peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the Southeast Asia in particular benefit both ASEAN and the US, stated Vietnamese Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich during a recent informal meeting of US and ASEAN denfence chiefs in Hawaii.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her entourage arrived in Hanoi on October 1, concluding her official visits to Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.

Vietnam made active contributions to the 33rd session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, which wrapped up on September 30 in Geneva, Switzerland.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on September 30 paid a courtesy visit to President of Myanmar Htin Kyaw as part of her official visit to Myanmar and attendance of the 37th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-37) in Nay Pyi Taw.

Speaker of the Singaporean Parliament Halimah Yacob has called for further strengthening Vietnam-Singapore ties across the fields, especially ties between the two legislatures and their friendship parliamentarians’ groups. 

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has thanked Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Martin Chungong, for his help to the Vietnamese NA in building the new Constitution.