US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel R. Russel elaborated on US President Barack Obama’s visit, which is slated for later this month, at a press conference in Hanoi on May 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam-US relations have progressed well, said Deputy Defense Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh at a reception for US Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel in Hanoi May 10.

Freedom of religion and the building of a law on belief and religion in Vietnam were discussed during a meeting between the Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and the US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour in Hanoi on May 10.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has urged China’s Yunnan province to cooperate closely with Vietnam in implementing three documents on managing Vietnam-China land border. 

Palestine wishes to expand its friendship with Vietnam, said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. 

VOV.VN - On May 7, Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabad returned home after his two-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc assured his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabad that Vietnam values friendship and cooperation with Kuwait and Middle Eastern countries, during their talks in Hanoi on May 6. 

President Tran Dai Quang has affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of continuing to regard Japan as its leading and long-term partner.

VOV.VN - Japan has pledged US$2.5 billion of official development assistance (ODA) funding to support infrastructure modernization and climate change projects in Vietnam as well as human resources, learning and skills development.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on the Japanese Government to provide long-term support for Vietnam in adapting to climate change, especially drought and saline intrusion. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida have agreed to enhance political trust by keeping up with regular visits and dialogues, and upholding existing dialogue mechanisms.

Deputy Foreign Minister Vu Hong Nam and Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia Ung Sean co-chaired the fifth political consultation between the two foreign ministries in Hanoi on May 5.

Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabad starts his official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 6.

VOV.VN - Vietnam values Italy’s role in the EU and the world and hopes the two countries’ strategic partnership will continue to grow and flourish, said President Tran Dai Quang.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always deems it important to continue its friendly neighborliness and comprehensive cooperation with China, considering it one of the top priorities of the country's foreign policy.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed his hope that US companies operating in Vietnam will reap more successes and pledged all possible conditions for foreign investors, including those from the US.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Hiroshi Hase, Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in Hanoi on May 4, describing education as the countries’ best cooperation realm.

The upcoming official visit to Vietnam by Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah from May 5-7 is expected to give a boost to bilateral cooperation in various fields, especially trade, oil and gas, employment, agriculture and tourism.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has acknowledged the assistance to Vietnam of the UN and other countries in implementing the plan on an emergency response to drought and saltwater intrusion.

VOV.VN - On May 4, President Tran Dai Quang received UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson, currently on a visit to Vietnam from May 3-6 6 to inspect the drought situation. 

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong attended the 2016 Integration Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States on May 3-4.

VOV.VN -Prime Minister of the Emir of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will pay an official visit to Vietnam May 5-7.

Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh delivered a speech themed “Vietnam and the US in the 21st century: A new beginning” while attending the Vietnam War Summit at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, on April 28 (local time). 

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) invited Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich to speak on the second day of the upcoming 15th Shangri-La Dialogue on June 4.

A Vietnamese delegation attended the 7th US-ASEAN Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting held on April 28 at the ASEAN Secretariat headquarters in Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta.

The recent official friendly visit to Vietnam by Lao Party General Secretary and President Bounnhang Volachith grabbed the headlines in major Lao newspapers on April 28.

Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich stressed the need to boost links among countries worldwide and promote the role of security mechanisms within Asia Pacific to deal with security challenges.

The Hereditary Prince Alois of the Principality of Liechtenstein wishes to bolster bilateral relations with Vietnam and urges the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the European Economic Area (EEA) which includes Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.

Vietnam hopes to receive more support from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a member of the World Bank (WB) group for projects in Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said. 

Party General Secretary and President of Laos Bounnhang Volachith sent a letter to Vietnamese leaders at the end of his Vietnam visit on April 27 to thank them for their warm reception during his visit from April 25-27.