National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man received visiting Lao NA Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Lao Committee for Peace and Solidarity Sommad Pholsena in Hanoi on August 22.

VOV.VN - Both Vietnam and China have had sincere and frank discussions about maritime issues to better control and actively resolve disagreements at sea, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang.

Ho Chi Minh City is greatly proud that its friendship and cooperation with Lao localities have been developing unceasingly in multiple areas and obtaining numerous practical results, said Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le.

Politburo member and standing member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee's Secretariat Luong Cuong received a delegation of the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in Hanoi on August 21.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu and Japanese Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Funakoshi Takehiro held talks in Hanoi on August 21 to compare notes on bilateral ties between the two nations.

VOV.VN - President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines is set to make an official visit to Vietnam from August 24 to August 30.

VOV.VN - An ASEAN flag hoisting ceremony was held on August 20 by the ASEAN Committee in Cuba (ACC) in Havana to mark the 57th founding anniversary of the regional grouping.

VOV.VN - The State visit to China by Party General Secretary and President To Lam and his spouse along with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation from August 18 to August 20 was a great success, representing a new milestone and opening up a new development stage for the friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive strategic co-operative partnership.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 20 for Japanese Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Funakoshi Takehiro.

Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung unveiled the successful outcomes of the state visit to China by Party General Secretary and President To Lam from August 18-20, in a press briefing in Hanoi on August 20.