Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked the Party Central Committee’s Organisational Commission to continue maximizing its efficiency as a part of this year’s preparations for the 12th National Party Congress. 

(VOV) - The EU and Vietnam are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in 2015. 

(VOV) - Deputy Head of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s National Boundary Commission and Head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Department on Boundary and Ocean Affairs conducted the fourth round of negotiations on an agreement on free navigation at the mouth of Bac Luan River between Vietnam and China.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has called upon the Vietnamese Party, people and army to unite and fulfil the set 2015 tasks to generate rapid and sustainable development. 

(VOV) -Vietnamese and Russian leaders have exchanged greetings in observance of the 65th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations (1950-2015). 

(VOV) -The relationship between the two ministries of justice of Laos and Vietnam has grown considerably over the past years.

(VOV) - On January 29, the third Vietnam-Japan defence policy dialogue was held in Hanoi reviewing bilateral defence cooperation over the recent past and discussing regional issues of shared concern.

Realities show that the “ doi moi ” (renovation process) would not have come about in the absence of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), whose sound leadership has successfully carried out the process.

(VOV) - The Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association (RVFA) on January 28 hosted a seminar to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the two countries diplomatic ties.

Party building has become an extremely vital task of the whole nation to ensure the Party’s leadership and the existence of the socialist regime, Politburo member and standing member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee Le Hong Anh said at a workshop in Hanoi on January 28.

The justice ministers of Vietnam and Lao met in Hanoi on January 28 to discuss judicial issues of common interest and sign an agreement on cooperation between the two ministries for the period from 2015 to 2020. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh offered Vietnam’s opinions on directions and measures to achieve the formation of the ASEAN Community by the end of this year, as well as the bloc’s post-2015 vision at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Malaysia on January 27-28. 

Vietnamese Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh received Japanese Vice Defence Minister Tokuchi Hideshi during the latter’s working visit in Hanoi on January 28. 

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc pressed for comprehensive crackdowns on crime at a teleconference of the Government’s Steering Committee on Crime Prevention in Hanoi on January 28. 

There has been no report of Vietnamese casualties in the recent fighting in eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister’s spokesman Le Hai Binh said in response to reporters’ queries in Hanoi on January 28. 

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held a reception for a delegation from the Lao Justice Ministry led by Minister Bounkeut Sangsomsak, in Hanoi, on January 28. 

The Ministry of National Defence vows to actively and effectively participate in multilateral mechanisms and the United Nations’ peacekeeping operations, and continue expanding its relations with neighbouring, ASEAN and partner countries. 

The cooperation between Vietnamese and US nationals plays a crucial component in the normalisation of relations between the two countries, according to outcomes from a forum held in Hanoi on January 27.

(VOV) -Over the past year, the Vietnam Embassy in Egypt’s Party cell made significant contributions to promoting the ties of friendship and cooperation between the two nations.

A ceremony was held to celebrate the 65th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) (January 31) in Hanoi on January 27. 

The Deputy Minister of Defence, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, welcomed Michael Michalak, the former US Ambassador to Vietnam, at the Ministry of Defence’s headquarters in Hanoi on January 27. 

Enhancing inspections and examinations to serve the party congresses is the key 2015 task in preparation for the 12th National Party Congress, Politburo member Le Hong Anh said at a conference in Hanoi on January 27. 

(VOV) - Omani Ambassador Sultan Saif Al Hilal Mahruqi has affirmed his nation’s willingness to serve as a bridge for Vietnam to promote cooperation with other countries in the region while meeting Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on January 27.

(VOV) -International co-operation at the local level continued to be promoted by provinces and cities across the nation, contributing to the overall success of Vietnam’s external relations in 2014.

A ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 26 to mark the 66th Indian Republic Day (January 26, 1950) in the presence of municipal leading officials and representatives from the Indian Consulate General in the city.

Senior Lieutenant General Mai Quang Phan, Deputy Director of the Vietnam People’s Army’s General Department of Politics, hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 26 for a visiting delegation of relatives of the Cuban martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the Cuban independence.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on behalf of the Vietnamese State and Government leaders came to the Saudi Arabian embassy in Hanoi to express sympathy over the death of its King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz on January 26.

(VOV) -Vietnam wants the UK to share its experience in education and provide it with technical assistance.

(VOV) - Leading diplomats from Vietnam and the US gathered in Hanoi on January 26 for an international conference reviewing 20 years of the Vietnam-US relations.

The birth of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on February 3, 1930 was an extremely important historical event and a significant turning-point in the history of the Vietnamese revolution, marking a brilliant milestone in the country’s development path.