VOV.VN - Vietnamese and Azerbaijani diplomats have discussed ways to translate their newly upgraded strategic partnership into practical cooperation across key sectors, from trade and energy to party diplomacy and transport connectivity.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam had a meeting with Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov, as part of his state visit to the Central Asian country.

Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly on May 8 attended the inauguration ceremony of a remembrance room featuring the bond between late President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam – Azerbaijan oil and gas industry at the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University in Baku.

Russian Ambassador to Vietnam G. S. Bezdetko has shown optimism that the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s upcoming official visit to Russia will generate fruitful outcomes while speaking to the media on the threshold of the visit, spanning from May 8-11.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the United States sketched out defence cooperation orientations during the 13th joint defence policy dialogue in Hanoi on May 8.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, who accompanied Party General Secretary To Lam in a state visit to Kazakhstan, had a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Murat Nurtleu in Astana on May 7 to discuss measures to promote cooperation between the two countries.

The official visit to Russia by Party General Secretary To Lam and his attendance at a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Great Patriotic War from May 8 to 11 are expected to further boost and deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Slovakia Pham Truong Giang has held a working session with Advisor to the Slovak Minister of Interior Ladislav Csemi to discuss ways to promote cooperation in the fight against crimes.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev witnessed the signing of important cooperation documents between Vietnam and Azerbaijan and later addressed the media following their talks in Baku on May 7 (local time).

Vietnam remains committed to adhering to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and promoting international legal cooperation on maritime issues for peace, stability, and prosperity based on international law, according to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Manh Cuong.

Vietnam and Azerbaijan have issued a joint statement on the establishment of a strategic partnership during the State visit to Azerbaijan by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam from May 7–8 at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev.

Vietnam attaches importance to its relations with the US – one of its biggest trading partners, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Quang Phuong told a visiting delegation from the US Congress’s US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) led by its Chair Reva Price on May 7.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien, who leads the Government’s negotiation delegation on reciprocal trade agreement with the US, met with US Ambassador Marc E. Knapper in Hanoi on May 7 to advance ongoing negotiations addressing bilateral economic and trade matters.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed the urgent need to concretise and institutionalise the Party’s policies outlined in Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW on developing the private economic sector, while chairing a Government meeting on the matter on May 7.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Azerbaijan have agreed to establish the strategic partnership following talks in Baku between Party General Secretary To Lam and President Ilham Aliyev.

VOV.VN - Vietnam considers Azerbaijan a key partner in the region and hopes bilateral ties will continue to grow and thrive, Party General Secretary To Lam said during talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who is also Chairman of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, following a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in the capital Baku on May 7.

Following a state visit to Kazakhstan, Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, accompanied by a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, arrived at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku on the afternoon of May 7 (local time), officially beginning a two-day state visit to Azerbaijan at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam has underlined the need to bolster investment and trade cooperation commensurate with the newly established Strategic Partnership between the two countries, aiming to raise bilateral trade turnover to US$5 billion by 2030.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed Vietnam's readiness to negotiate with the United States for the benefit of both nations’ people and businesses, aiming for balanced and sustainable trade.

State President Luong Cuong has urged officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Navy to strengthen solidarity, remain proactive, flexible, and creative, and seize opportunities to overcome challenges and excellently accomplish all assigned tasks, resolutely safeguarding national sovereignty over seas and islands.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam, his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, and a high-level Vietnamese delegation visited the Ethno-Aul Cultural Village, a unique destination in Kazakhstan.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam, his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation attended a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of Victory over Fascism in Astana on May 7 in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.

On behalf of the leaders of the Party, State and people of Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on May 6 extended congratulations to Russia on the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Party General Secretary To Lam, his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attended the Vietnam–Kazakhstan Friendship Concert in Astana on May 6, as part of the Vietnamese leader’s ongoing state visit.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam met with Yerlan Koshanov, Speaker of the Mazhilis - the lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament, who is also Chairman of the ruling Amanat Party, in Astana on May 6 afternoon (local time).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam visited and delivered a policy speech at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan on May 6 evening (local time), as part of his state visit to the Central Asian nation.

VOV.VN - State President Luong Cuong expressed gratitude to the Indian people for their valuable assistance to Vietnam in the past struggle for national independence as well as in current national construction and development while receiving Indian Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju in Ho Chi Minh City.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam had a meeting with Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov in Astana on May 6 afternoon (local time) as part of his state visit to the Central Asian country.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is ready to engage with Australia on a bilateral trade and investment agreement to help the two countries soon achieve the target of raising bilateral trade turnover to US$20 billion.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh praised the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)’s role in helping countries resolve maritime disputes based on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), during his reception in Hanoi on May 6 for ITLOS President Tomas Heidar.