Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong praised Victoria Kwakwa’s attainments during her seven-year position as the World Bank’s Country Director for Vietnam at a farewell reception in Hanoi on June 30.

VOV.VN - President Tran Dai Quang has cabled a message of condolences to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the recent terrorist attack at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul city.

Vietnam vehemently condemns a suicide bombing and gun attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on June 28, Spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry Le Hai Binh said on June 30.

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) treasures its ties with the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-UML) and wants to further strengthen bilateral relations for the interests of the two countries’ people and for peace, stability and development in Asia and the world. 

VOV.VN - Sweden is one of Vietnam’s important partners and has provided valuable support to Vietnam’s construction and development. 

Deputy Defence Minister Lieutenant General Tran Don said he was pleased with the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Department of Finance under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and its Lao counterpart on enhancing their cooperation in 2016.

Vietnam hopes Belgium’s Government and legislative bodies to accelerate the ratification of the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), towards enhancing relations between the two nations, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu told a Belgian legislator.

VOV.VN - Vietnam State President Tran Dai Quang on June 28 met at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi with President and CEO Yoji Sato of Sojitz Corporation, one of the largest trading companies in Japan.

Growing cooperation between the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) and the Parliament of the Federation Wallonie-Brussels, along with the Belgian Federal Parliament, has contributed to the two countries’ overall relations. 

The Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Dinh La Thang, on June 27 hosted a reception for Rena Bitter, US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City who came to bid farewell at the end of her tenure. 

Senior Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, hosted a reception in Hanoi on June 27 for a visiting delegation from Japan’s Self Defence Force. 

The Vietnamese Party, State and people attach much importance to reinforcing and enhancing the friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive cooperation with China, President Tran Dai Quang has said.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Pham Xuan Son, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, is attending the second phase of the 15th Congress of the United Russia (ER) Party from June 26-28. 

Laos’ top legislator Pany Yathotou called for closer cooperation between Laos and Vietnam in ethnic and religious affairs in a reception on June 27 for a delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Council for Ethnic Affairs. 

Vietnam and China agreed to enhance political trust, maintain high-level visits and strive for new progress in their result-oriented cooperation at the ninth meeting of the steering committee for bilateral cooperation in Hanoi on June 27. 

Vietnam wishes to foster all-out ties with Australia, including politics, trade, investment, culture and education, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said. 

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed that Vietnam considers Japan a key partner in human resources development. 

Vietnam and Poland should continue expanding cooperation in fields of their strength and those they have demand for like tourism, education, food processing, and climate change response, as they have yet to fully tap their cooperation potential. 

Laos’ Ambassador to Vietnam Thongsavanh Phomvihane said that he will do all he can to preserve, protect and foster the Laos-Vietnam traditional friendship, special unity and comprehensive cooperation relationship for the interests of the people of each country. 

Ho Chi Minh City always considers the nurture of Vietnam-Cuba fraternal ties an important task, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Dinh La Thang told visiting Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba Salvador Valdes Mesa during a reception on June 23. 

President Tran Dai Quang on June 22 hosted the Ambassadors of Argentina and Myanmar who came to bid farewell to the President at the end of their tenure in Vietnam. 

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has called for more support from Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) to Vietnamese Government agencies during working sessions with international rating organisations in order to make comprehensive and objective assessments of Vietnam’s socio-economic situation.

President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception on June 22 for Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn, who is on an official visit to Vietnam. 

VOV.VN - On June 22, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhon in Hanoi.

Ambassadors and heads of Vietnam’s diplomatic missions abroad are expected to help promote investment, culture and tourism cooperation and diplomatic relations between Vietnam and their host countries.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong greeted visiting Lao Defence Minister Chansamone Channhalat on June 21. 

The ongoing official visit to Vietnam by Lao Defence Minister Chansamone Channhalat contributes to reinforcing and deepening the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

The Vietnamese and Lao armies need to push ahead with cooperation to ensure political security and defend revolutionary achievements in the respective countries.

VOV.VN - On June 20, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam received Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children Marta Santos Pais in Hanoi.

Vietnam always values and gives priority to fostering friendship and special solidarity with Laos, Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich told his Lao counterpart Chansamon Channhalat during their talks in Hanoi on June 20 following the welcome ceremony.