National Assembly leader Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan called for bringing the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) forward on the back of the solid foundation it has built over the past four decades in her speech at the first plenary session of the 37th AIPA General Assembly on September 30.

VOV.VN - President of Iran Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to pay a State visit to Vietnam October 5-7 at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang, according to the Foreign Ministry’s statement. 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan joined other ASEAN parliamentarians at the executive committee meeting of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in Nay Pyi Taw on September 30. 

Deputy Foreign State Secretary Szilveszter Bus of Hungary has affirmed Hungary has endorsed the Vietnam-European Union Free Trade Agreement and will soon pass it to lay a foundation for furthering economic-trade cooperation between the two countries.

Vietnam and the Philippines issued a Joint Statement on the official visit on September 28-29 of President of the Republic of Philippines Rodrigo Roa Duterte to Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on Vietnam and the Philippines to tap their potential for trade and investment ties to match with the strategic partnership.

VOV.VN - On September 29, Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong received visiting Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte who said his nation attaches great importance to boosting all-around cooperation with Vietnam.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has said her visit to Myanmar aims to show the Vietnamese parliament’s resolve to reinforce the traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation between the two countries and legislative bodies.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will lead Vietnam’s parliamentary delegation to the 37th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, demonstrating Vietnam’s strong commitment to global integration, promoting its status at multi-lateral forums.

Vietnam is one of the important partners of Germany and the German Embassy in Vietnam will work hard to reinforce and further strengthen the relations between the two countries, a German diplomat has said.

The cooperation between Vietnam and the European Union (EU), especially the conclusion of the bilateral free trade agreement at the end of 2015, was highly valued at a meeting held in Belgium on September 27.

Timor Leste is keen on learning national development experience from Vietnam as well as enhance bilateral win-win cooperation, President Taur Matan Ruak told the new Vietnamese Ambassador to Timor Leste, Hoang Anh Tuan on September 27.

The Vietnamese Government is working to improve investment climate and create the best possible conditions for foreign businesses, including those from the Republic of Korea, to invest in the country.

VOV.VN -  On the afternoon of September 28,  National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan began an official friendship visit to Myanmar at the invitation of her Myanmar counterpart Ma Uyn Khai Than.

VOV.VN -  President Tran Dai Quang on September 28 received the President of the World Vision International (WVI) Kevin Jenkins in Hanoi.

The Vietnam-Sweden Friendship Association (VSFA) will do its utmost to promote friendship and cooperation between the two countries across fields, VSFA President Hoang The Lien has stated.

Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on September 28 started his two-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang.

A young Vietnamese military officer delegation arrived in Laos on September 26 to start a young officer exchange programme between two armies. 

Chairman of the Cambodian National Assembly Heng Samrin stressed that the visit by his Vietnamese counterpart had important significance as it proved strengthened solidarity and friendship between the two countries, two parliaments and the two people.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan reiterated Vietnam’s consistent policy of giving priority to strengthening traditional friendship and multi-dimensional cooperation with Cambodia during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen in Phnom Penh on September 27.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received former President of the Malaysian Senate, Tan Sri Dato Michael Chen Wing Sum, in Hanoi, on September 27.

VOV.VN - President Tran Dai Quang hailed the Vietnam-Japan relationship with its strengthened exchanges at a September 27 reception for the outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam, Hiroshi Fukada, in Hanoi.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan arrived in Phnom Penh on the afternoon of September 27 to begin her official visit to Cambodia at the invitation of her counterpart Samdech Heng Samrin.

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said he has a plan to meet with Vietnamese investors in Laos to seek to tackle obstacles hindering their operations.

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) held a theory exchange, the sixth of its kind, in Quang Ninh Province on September 27. 

Vietnam participated in the first meeting of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) Executive Council and a meeting of the APA Standing Committee on Staff and Financial Regulations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on September 26-27.

The National Assembly (NA) supports cooperation between the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC), said NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan’s scheduled official visit to Cambodia from September 27-28 aims to foster the ties between the national legislatures of Vietnam and Cambodia.

Cambodia’s largest daily newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea (Light of Cambodia) has run a front page article saying the visit to Cambodia by Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan from September 27-28 will strengthen bilateral cooperation.

The official visit to Vietnam by Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte from September 28-29 is expected to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries, especially in politics, security, defence, and economics.