Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has expressed wish that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will actively offer assistance to Vietnam, one of the countries hardest hit by climate change, in the future. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed his hope to receive more macro-economy policy consultations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the time ahead.

The organisation commission of the Vietnamese and Lao Party Central Committees will strengthen coordination and exchange of information and experience in Party building, contributing to successfully implementing the resolutions of their respective parties’ congresses. 

The Defence Ministers of China and Vietnam have agreed to deepen defence ties between the two countries, thus bringing pragmatic interests to their people and contributing to peace and stability in the region and the world at large.

VOV.VN - On August 30, National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received Saysomphone Phomvihane, Politburo member and Chairman of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Central Committee in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Head of the Lao Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Sounthone Sayachak has offered greetings on the occasion of Vietnam’s 71st National Day (September 2).

Visiting Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang delivered a speech dealing with strengthening partnership for regional sustainable development at the 38th Singapore Lecture organised by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) – Yusof Ishak Institute on August 30.

President Tran Dai Quang left Singapore on August 30, concluding his State-level visit at the invitation of President Tony Tan Keng Yam.

The Vietnam – Cambodia Joint Committee on Land Border Demarcation and Marker Planting held a meeting in Phnom Penh on August 29-30 to review their cooperation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC Summit next year after Peru. Most preparations are completed to make the event a success.

Lao Party General Secretary and President Bounnhang Volachith expressed his wish for closer links between the Organisation Commissions of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in the coming time.

Vietnam and Singapore issued a joint press statement on the occasion of the State visit to Singapore by Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang from August 28-30.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make an official visit to Vietnam on September 2-3 at the inivitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong gave a reception for a delegation of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Central Committee led by its Chairman Saysomphone Phomvihane in Hanoi on August 29.

President Tran Dai Quang arrived in Singapore on August 28 afternoon to begin his three-day State visit at the invitation of President Tony Tan Keng Yam.

Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich is paying an official friendly visit to China from August 28-31.

President Tran Dai Quang began a State visit to Singapore on August 28 after concluding a similar visit to Brunei earlier the same day. 

Vietnam and Brunei issued a joint statement on the occasion of the State visit of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang to Brunei from August 26-28. 

President Tran Dai Quang and Bruneian Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah have affirmed their determination to further deepen and expand the two countries’ relations in the interests of the two peoples. 

The Vietnam-Uzbekistan Friendship Association held a friendship exchange event in Hanoi on August 27 to mark Uzbekistan’s 25th Independence Day (September 1) and Vietnam’s 71st National Day (September 2). 

The 29th Diplomatic Conference concluded in Hanoi on August 26 after five days of sitting, outlining multiple tasks for the diplomatic sectors in the time ahead.

Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiaoyong has stated that the military relationship is an important pillar of the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse left Hanoi on the morning of August 26 for a State-level visit to Brunei from August 26-28 at the invitation of King Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah.

Foreign Minister of Singapore Dr Vivian Balakrishnan has stated that Singapore and Vietnam have potential to step up their cooperation.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc showed his support for cooperation in satellite technology, aviation, railways development in Hanoi, education and culture with France at his meeting French Ambassador to Vietnam Jean Noel Poirier in Hanoi on August 25.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC) to help Vietnamese enterprises improve their competitiveness and advise his Government on steering the national development. 

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue hoped the US’s AIA Corporation will pour more investment in Vietnam’s insurance market while receiving its President and CEO Mark Edward Tucker in Hanoi on August 25.

VOV.VN - On August 25, President Tran Dai Quang sent his condolences to his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella over the devastating earthquake which rocked the European country’s central region.

Ho Chi Minh City supports foreign investment in finance-banking, insurance and tourism, especially from AIA Corporation, municipal People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong said.

VOV.VN - Aside from establishing diplomatic relations with foreign countries, the diplomatic sector plays an important role in protecting the independence, sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of the country and ensuring a peaceful and stable environment for national growth.