Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh strive to become a model locality in climate change response during a ceremony on April 23 celebrating the province’s 25th anniversary of re-establishment. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed with the draft content of the ASEAN Leaders’ declaration on the role of the civil service as catalyst to achieve ASEAN Vision 2025.

 Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, Head of Vietnam’s permanent delegation to the United Nations, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, congratulated Lao Ambassador Khan-Inh Khitchadeth to mark the traditional Bul Pi May New Year festival in Geneva on April 21.

 A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) attended a working group meeting in Moscow from April 21-23 to prepare for the 19th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) and celebrations of 100 years of Russia’s October Revolution.

A visit to Cambodia from April 24-25 by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will be his first official trip to the neighbouring country in the post of the Government leader of Vietnam. 

The Vietnam-Romania Friendship Association under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) held its sixth national congress for the 2017-2022 tenure in Hanoi on April 22.

The ninth meeting of the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee concluded in Hanoi on April 22.

Ho Chi Minh City will create favourable conditions and a better business climate for foreign investors, including Indian entrepreneurs, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong on April 22.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has suggested Ireland prompt the European Union (EU) to soon sign and ratify the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UVFTA) and recognise Vietnam’s market economy.

A meeting to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30) has been jointly held by the Organisation of Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) and the Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba.

The Vietnamese Government always treasures and wants to strengthen its friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Ireland, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung told Irish President Michael D. Higgins during a meeting in Dublin on April 21.

As part of his official visit to the US, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held separate meetings on April 21 with US Acting Trade Representative Stephen Vaughn and a group of assistants to senators of the Democratic and Republican Parties.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received the CEO of Pou Chen Group from China’s Taiwan, Tsai Pei-Chun, in Hanoi on April 21, noting that he believes the firm will reap more successes while operating in Vietnam.

The Vietnam–Laos Friendship Association of the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long will focus on organising exchange and cooperation activities to strengthen the traditional friendship and mutual understanding between the Lao people and locals in Vinh Long.

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat met under the chair of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on April 18 and 21 to consider disciplinary measures against certain Party organisations and Party members at the proposal of the Central Inspection Commission. 

VOV.VN - On April 21 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh in Hanoi during which he asked both nations to step up cooperation in areas of their potential and needs. 

VOV.VN - President Tran Dai Quang affirmed Vietnam's support for efforts to reform the United Nations while receiving the newly-accredited UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam, Kamal Malhotra on April 21 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has urged both nations to early sign an action programme on the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership, thus defining orientations for 2017-2020 bilateral cooperation.

Vietnam and the US should sustain and strengthen economic and trade links, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said, describing these links as key to bilateral relations.

Vietnam calls on involved parties to resume negotiations to seek a peaceful solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict on the basis of United Nations resolutions.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung had a working session with authorities from the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on April 19 to study the European country’s experience in planning, building and operating seaports.

US President Donald Trump will attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Vietnam in November together with the US-ASEAN and East Asia meetings in the Philippines as well. 

Vietnamese and Malaysian lawyers are actively collecting evidence to defend Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese suspect in the death of a citizen of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in the next court hearing.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan has maintained contacts with Japanese relevant agencies and kept close watch on the murder of Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat Linh in Chiba prefecture to bring the culprit to trial soon, said the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson.

Captain Nguyen Quoc Khanh from the Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre has been assigned to join the UN mission in the Central African Republic.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will make official visits to Cambodia and Laos from April 24- 27.

VOV.VN - On April 20 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received a delegation from the Union of International Cooperative led by Chairman of the Cooperative Alliance Asia Pacific Li Chunsheng in Hanoi.

VOV.VN -Both nations have pledged favorable conditions for their businesses to invest in each country to raise bilateral trade revenue to US$2 billion in the time ahead.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Nagasaki prefecture to increase its cooperation with Quang Nam province and other Vietnamese localities in automobile manufacturing and shipbuilding. 

VOV.VN - Countries in and outside the East Sea should act responsibly and in conformity with international law, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 for peace and stability in the sea, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said.