Member of the Central Military Commission and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien and UK Minister of State for Defence Vernon Coaker co-chaired the fifth Vietnam-UK defence policy dialogue in Hanoi on September 13.

VOV.VN - The President-elect of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, is scheduled to pay an official visit to Vietnam on September 13-14, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects that Australia will increase its official development assistance (ODA) provision, sign an agreement on tourism cooperation, and open new direct air routes between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang has proposed a number of measures to address traditional and non-traditional security challenges at the 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum that is getting underway in Beijing, China.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang has highlighted the significance and key outcomes of the 25th meeting of the Vietnam-Russia Inter-Governmental Committee for Economic-Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation co-chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Chernyshenko in Moscow.

Vietnam and Laos issued a joint statement following the state visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith from September 10-13, which was made at an invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart To Lam.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has extended condolences to the people of Vietnam suffering the devastating consequences of Typhoon Yagi.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and his spouse paid an official visit to Vietnam from September 10 to 13, at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam and his spouse.

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and State President Thongloun Sisoulith had separate meetings with former Vietnamese Presidents Nguyen Minh Triet and Truong Tan Sang in Ho Chi Minh City on September 12.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Organisation Commission led by its Vice Chairman Phan Thang An had a meeting with Boutsady Thanamueang, Vice Chairwoman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee's Organisation Commission as part of their working visit to Laos from September 10-12.