Vietnam's hosting of the second ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) demonstrates its growing leadership credibility and prestige in regional affairs, according to Collins Chong Yew Keat, a foreign affairs and security expert from the University of Malaya.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone in Ho Chi Minh City on February 22 to concritise the agreements reached during the tripartite meeting on the same day between the leaders of the ruling parties of the three countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Party Central Committee General Secretary To Lam held a high-level meeting with Hun Sen, President of the Cambodian People's Party and President of the Senate of Cambodia, and Thongloun Sisoulith, Party General Secretary and President of Laos in Ho Chi Minh City on February 22.

VOV.VN - Vietnam wishes to promote the traditional friendship and cooperation with Kenya to make them more effective and substantive, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Hang told Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi during her working visit to East Africa on February 20-21.

VOV.VN - Australian Ambassador to ASEAN Tiffany McDonald has emphasised that the upcoming second ASEAN Future Forum in Hanoi presents a valuable opportunity for senior leaders, policymakers, scholars, and young people to discuss the bloc’s future.

VOV.VN - Several Thai newspapers, including the Bangkok Post, The Nation, and Today, have reported on Vietnam’s National Assembly approving a Cabinet reform plan in an attempt to cut costs and enhance administrative efficiency.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Russia reviewed bilateral cooperation and outlined orientations during a political consultation between the two countries’ Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi on February 21.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Do Minh Hung presented his credentials to King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on February 20 during which the King affirmed his support to the two countries' cooperation in such fields as people-to-people exchange and environmental protection.

VOV.VN - Senior leaders of Vietnam and Cambodia reaffirmed their commitment to deepening the traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, and long-term sustainable partnership between the ruling Parties, States, and peoples of the two counties in the new context at a high-level meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on February 21.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese provinces of Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang, and Ha Giang, and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China will continue working towards a peaceful, friendly, stable, cooperative, and developing border region, thus enhancing cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa will pay an official visit to Vietnam and attend the second ASEAN Future Forum from February 23-25.

VOV.VN - The Government of Vietnam on February 21 announced the baseline used to determine the width of Vietnam’s territorial sea in the Gulf of Tonkin, as per Resolution No. 68/NQ-UBTVQH15 issued by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on February 14, 2025.

VOV.VN - New Zealand has identified Vietnam as one of its most important partners in the region, Ambassador Caroline Beresford told the press ahead of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s official visit to Vietnam from February 25-28.

Switzerland has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Vietnam’s ambition of becoming a high-income nation by 2045 and achieving its sustainable development goals.

Politburo member, and President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) Nguyen Xuan Thang held a meeting with Chen Gang, Secretary of the CPC Committee of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Ha Long city of northern Quang Ninh province on February 20.

VOV.VN - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has said enhancing bilateral cooperation, especially in economy, is one of the primary goals of his working visit to Vietnam from February 25-28.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico has provided support for 11 Vietnamese nationals recently rescued by Mexican police in a kidnapping incident that took place in Chihuahua state, near the US border.

VOV.VN - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will pay an official visit to Vietnam and attend the second ASEAN Future Forum from February 25 to 28, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Defence cooperation continues to be a bright spot in the Vietnam-Canada relations, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said at a meeting with Canadian Deputy Minister of National Defence Stefanie Beck in Hanoi on February 20.

VOV.VN - General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, lauded positive results of defence cooperation between Vietnam and Canada in recent times during his reception in Hanoi on February 20 for Stefanie Beck, Deputy Minister of National Defence of Canada.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defence of Vietnam Hoang Xuan Chien and his Canadian counterpart Stefanie Beck reviewed defence cooperation between the two countries while co-chairing the third Vietnam-Canada Defence Policy Dialogue in Hanoi on February 20.

VOV.VN - The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, in collaboration with the Australian Mission and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), co-hosted a seminar in New York on February 19 towards the signing ceremony of the UN Convention on Cybercrime to be held in Hanoi.

Vietnam and Ethiopia have agreed to consider enhancing cooperation in potential fields, such as food processing, aquatic products, pharmaceuticals, Halal products, and textile.

Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA), and Chairman of the Central Theory Council, held a working session with Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Johan Ndisi in Hanoi on February 19 to step up cooperation in policy research, public administration.

The 65-year diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Cuba stand as an exemplary model for building a more cooperative and united world, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla stressed in an interview with VNA's reporter as part of his official trip to Vietnam from February 18-20.

State President Luong Cuong hosted a reception for Ambassadors and Chargé d'Affaires of ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste in Hanoi on February 19, in which he said that Vietnam views the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a strategic priority in its foreign policy, and Southeast Asian countries as close neighbours.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks with Chen Gang, Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in Hanoi on February 19.

State President Luong Cuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on February 19 for visiting Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, during which he affirmed Vietnam's solidarity with Cuba.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam on February 19 hosted a reception for Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla have reaffirmed their commitment to promoting the special friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two nations.