A high-ranking delegation led by Dinh The Huynh, Politburo member and standing member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, has visited Laos on the occasion of the Bunpimay New Year festival.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated his counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the latter’s election as the leader of the Vietnamese Government. 

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed Vietnam's recognition of high importance to the Vietnam Executive Leadership Programme (VELP) at an April 13 reception in Hanoi for Professor Thomas Vallely from Harvard University.

A meeting was held in Hanoi on April 12 to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Chile diplomatic relations (March 25, 1971 -2016).

Governor of Japan’s Mie prefecture, EIkei Sukuzi, hoped to bolster multi-faced cooperation with Vietnam, to further expand the two countries’ friendship and relations.

Vietnam’s and the UK’s top diplomatic officials considered measures to solidify their countries’ strategic partnership during talks in Hanoi on April 12. 

VOV.VN - As one of his first official acts, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 12 welcomed UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to the government headquarters in Hanoi to discuss trade, investment and other issues of mutual concern.

Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou met with Dinh The Huynh, Politburo member of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in Vientiane on April 12. 

UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond intends to discuss how to further strengthen cooperation between the UK and Vietnam during his visit to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on April 12-13.

The Party, State and people of Vietnam will do their utmost, together with Laos, to preserve and deepen the special solidarity between the two countries, Dinh The Huynh, permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, affirmed. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Binh held talks with Filipino Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jose Almendras in Hanoi on April 11.

VOV.VN - On April 11,  Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received visiting Filipino Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jose Almendras in Hanoi.

The Vietnamese Government will continue to tighten cooperation with the World Bank, especially in coping with climate change and saltwater intrusion, improving public administration and investment climate, and fighting corruption.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met Japanese Ambassador Fukada Hiroshi – the first guest of the new government, during a reception in Hanoi on April 9. 

Vietnam and China should promote friendship and mutual cooperation to bring practical benefits to their people, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited and sent greetings to the Lao Embassy in Vietnam on April 8 on the occasion of Laos’ traditional Boun Pi Mai (New Year) festival. 

A delegation from Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Kon Tum visited Cambodia’s Stung Treng province from April 6-7 to tighten relations. 

Vietnam and Timor Leste will intensify their cooperation across politics, economy, investment, trade, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, and communications. 

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu expressed his nation's desire to promote friendship and cooperation with East Timor while receiving Timor Leste's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Hermani Coelho da Silva in Hanoi on April 7.

The Republic of Cyprus officially opened its consulate general in HCM City on April 6. 

Many foreign leaders have sent congratulatory messages to newly-elected President Tran Dai Quang.

Vice Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Tat Thanh Cang hosted a reception for Chairman of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) John Bachtell in the city on April 6.

The Defence Ministry of Laos held a workshop in Champasak province on April 5, looking back the Boloven Plateau liberation campaign in 1971 and 1972, a symbol of the Vietnam-Laos solidarity.

Vietnamese Party and State leaders continually facilitate youth exchanges with Laos, thereby educating the two countries’ young generations about the fine traditions founded and nurtured by their predecessors.

The Vietnam National Assembly (NA) is keen to work with Mozambique’s Assembly to elevate their bilateral ties, thus matching the fruitful political ties between the two countries, said NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong. 

Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Deputy Secretary Tat Thanh Cang received a Lao delegation led by deputy governor of Xaysomboun province Phoikham Houngbounyuang on April 4. 

VOV.VN - On April 4, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh sent a congratulatory message to his new Myanmar counterpart Aung San Suu Kyi over her assignment.

Leaders of Laos, China and Russia have sent congratulatory letters to newly-elected President Tran Dai Quang and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

VOV.VN - On April 1, Party General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception in Hanoi  for the visiting Chairman of the Communist Party USA John Bachtell.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met with leaders of foreign countries and international organisations on the sidelines of the ongoing Nuclear Security Summit in Washington D.C. on March 31 (local time).