The Vietnamese Embassy in Mozambique called on local agencies to take effective measures in order to ensure security and safety for Vietnamese and their property amid increasing armed conflicts in the country.

David Sapterstein, Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, and a delegation from the US Department of State took a fact-finding tour in Vietnam from March 26 to 31.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended a working dinner marking the opening of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC on March 31 (local time).

Chairman of the Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly Zulkifli Hasan has pledged to do his best to foster ties between Vietnam and Indonesia as well as their legislatures. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington DC on March 31 to discuss measures to strengthen the two countries’ comprehensive partnership and prepare for President Barack Obama’s visit to Vietnam. 

Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh and his Chinese counterpart Chang Wanquan hailed the third border defence friendship exchange between the two countries as a success following their meeting to review the event in Guangxi province on March 30.

The Vietnamese Defence Ministry handed over a defence e-portal to its Lao counterpart during a ceremony in Vientiane on March 30. 

Vietnam and Algeria exchanged practices in judicial reforms and court procedures during a talk between Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Truong Hoa Binh and his Algerian counterpart Boudi Slimane in Hanoi on March 30. 

Head of the Western Border Department under the Foreign Ministry’s National Border Commission Thai Xuan Dung has stressed the need for continued coordination between Vietnamese and Lao border localities to safeguard and upgrade markers along the shared border line. 

President Truong Tan Sang asked Samsung Group of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to help Vietnam develop the support industry during a reception for Han Myong Sup, Samsung Vietnam’s General Director, in Hanoi on March 30.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung applauded the World Bank (WB) assistance, saying it helped Vietnam record remarkable achievements  across  a variety of fields. 

VOV.VN - President Truong Tan Sang greatly valued assistance the World Bank has given to Vietnam at a March 30 reception in Hanoi for WB Country Director Victoria Kwakwa who came to bid farewell at the end of her tenure in Vietnam

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hanoi Nguyen Duc Chung recently discussed the Red River-based Water Plant project with Hungarian diplomats, according to Ha Noi Moi newspaper

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh extended his condolences to Advisor to the Pakistani Prime Minister on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz, over the great loss of life caused by the recent bomb blast in Pakistan. 

Defence Minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh and his Chinese counterpart Chang Wanquan performed the rituals of saluting territorial sovereignty marker 1223 and witnessed a joint patrol of the two countries’ border soldiers in Chi Ma border gate in Lang Son province, on March 29.

President Truong Tan Sang has stated that cooperation between Vietnam and Algeria has unceasingly been broadened to include the law-making and judicial domains, since their establishment of diplomatic ties in 1962.

VOV.VN - State President Truong Tan Sang on March 29 hosted a welcoming reception for visiting Governor of the Primorsky Territory Vladimir Miklushevskiy located in southern Russia along the border with China.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on March 28 welcomed Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, who is leading a Lao business delegation to Vietnam to attend the two countries’ Investment Cooperation Conference 2016. 

Vietnam and Indonesia have continued their discussions on issues relating to the delimitation of the two countries’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) boundary based on the principles of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). 

Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Le Ba Trinh led a delegation to visit some northwestern provinces in Cambodia on March 24 and 25.

VOV.VN -President Truong Tan Sang expressed his delight at the fruitful cooperation between Vietnam and Laos, especially in investment while receiving Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad in Hanoi on March 28.

Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to boost ties between the two countries’ navy forces, including continuing joint sea patrol in order to maintain peace and stability on the two sides’ waters and the region at large.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan in Hanoi on March 27.

President Truong Tan Sang welcomed newly accredited ambassadors from Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia who presented their credentials to the Vietnamese State leader in Hanoi on March 26. 

Minister of National Defence General Phung Quang Thanh and his Chinese counterpart Sen. Lieut. Gen. Chang Wanquan candidly discussed the sea dispute that has affected relations between Vietnam and China during their talks in Hanoi on March 27.

Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh met with Tim Rieser from the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the bilateral cooperation in handling Agent Orange/dioxin consequences in Vietnam in Hanoi on March 24.

The Vietnam delegation had engaged productively in discussions, resolutions and decisions of the month-long 31st regular meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which wrapped up in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 24. 

Hanoi wishes to receive Amsterdam city’s assistance in building an environment monitoring system, clean energies and sharing of experience in climate change adaptation, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung. 

Chief Justice of the Vietnam Supreme People’s Court Truong Hoa Binh is paying a working visit to China from March 23-25 with the aim of sharing information about the two countries’ legal and judicial systems and experience in lawmaking and judicial reform. 

Vietnam welcomes the official visit to Cuba by US President Barack Obama, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh on March 24 in reply to a reporters’ query on this visit.