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.

VOV.VN -  Zhao Hongzhu, Secretary of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee’s Secretariat and Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, received on June 17 Vietnam Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi

The ministries of planning and investment of Vietnam and Laos should work to foster the two countries’ economic links in key sectors – trade, finance & banking, transportation and energy. 

VOV.VN - On June 17, the NA Chairwoman Nguyen Kim Ngan had separate meetings with newly-accredited ambassadors of the EU, the UK and Germany in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - State President Tran Dai Quang met on June 17 with President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Takehiko Nakao at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi.

An art performance programme was held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 16 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Philippines diplomatic ties and 118th National Day of the Philippines.

The State visits to Laos and Cambodia of President Tran Dai Quang delivered the Vietnamese new leadership’s determination and wishes to continually cement and develop the time-honoured friendship and comprehensive cooperation with the two neighbouring countries.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh met with Chairman of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) of the Czech Republic Vojtech Filip on June 16 as part of her working visit to the European country. 

Vietnam and Cambodia have issued a Joint Statement on the occasion of President Tran Dai Quang’s State visit to Cambodia on June 15-16.

Vice President ​Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh and leaders of the Czech Republic have agreed to bolster ties across the fields during their meetings on June 15 as part of the Vietnamese Vice President’s visit to the European country. 

President Tran Dai Quang met leaders of Cambodian legislature and government in Phnom Penh on June 15, assuring them that the Vietnamese Party, State and people always do their best to foster the neighbourly friendship, solidarity and all-around cooperation with Cambodia. 

An official welcome ceremony was held in Phnom Penh on June 15 for President Tran Dai Quang who is on a two-day State visit to Cambodia at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni. 

Friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and the Philippines were highlighted at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on June 14, which aims to celebrate the 40th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations.

Swiss President Johann Schneider Ammann and Vietnamese Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh affirmed the importance of ratchet up bilateral cooperation during their meeting in Bern on June 14. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed the new Ambassadors of Malaysia and Thailand to Vietnam during his separate receptions in Hanoi on June 14. 

The Vietnamese Government will do its utmost in maintaining and bolstering the traditional friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba.

ASEAN-China relations and the East Sea issue dominated a special meeting of foreign ministers of ASEAN and China in Kunming, in the Chinese province of Yunnan on June 14. 

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Norwegian side to further promote cooperation with Vietnam in fields of the North European country’s strength and Vietnam’s demand.

President Tran Dai Quang left Laos on June 14 afternoon to begin his two-day State visit to Cambodia at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni.

President Tran Dai Quang’s State visit to Cambodia from June 14-16 shows Vietnam’s special attention to fostering and promoting traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries, the Rasmei Kampuchea (Light of Cambodia) newspaper said.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Yunnan, China, on June 13 on the sideline of the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh said she hopes the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) will increase activities for female parliamentarians, during her meeting with IPU Secretary General Martin Chungong in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 13. 

Vietnam will spare no effort to ensure better fundamental human rights for people, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh said at the 32nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva , Switzerland, on June 13.

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang was warmly welcomed by residents of the Lao province of Champasak on June 13 as they lined up along the roads from Pakse airport to the province’s centre to wave at him. 

The Party and State will continually facilitate investment and business of Vietnamese enterprises in Laos, stated President Tran Dai Quang at his working session with Vietnamese investors in Laos on June 13. 

The visit to Laos made by Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang will help consolidate and develop the time-honoured friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries. 

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has called on China to create more favourable conditions for the transportation and import of Vietnamese goods, especially agro-forestry-fisheries products, in order to improve bilateral trade balance.

President Tran Dai Quang arrived in Vientiane on June 12, beginning his three-day State visit to Laos at the invitation of Lao Party General Secretary and President Bounnhang Vorachith.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh asserted women’s role in building stable and sustainable societies in her speech delivered at the closing ceremony of the 26th Global Summit of Women in Warsaw, Poland, on June 11.

President Tran Dai Quang’s State-level visits to Laos and Cambodia from June 12-16 aim to elevate the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Laos, as well as the friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive cooperation with Cambodia to a new height.