(VOV) - Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari began a four-day visit to Vietnam on January 14 at the invitation of Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan.

(VOV) - The third dialogue on national defence policy between Vietnam and the US was held in Hanoi on January 11.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung visited air defense missile battalion 64 of the Airforce Service’s division 361 on January 13, calling on officers and soldiers to stay prepared for combat in any situation.

(VOV) - The speaker of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s National Assembly Kang Chang Hee and his delegation arrived in Hanoi on January 13 for a four-day official visit.

(VOV) - El Salvador attaches importance to expanding multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, especially in economics, trade, science-technology, and climate change adaptation.

(VOV) - HCM City Mayor Le Hoang Quan has welcomed Giampaolo Di Paola’s visit, which he said will open up a new chapter of cooperation between Vietnam and Italy, especially between the two Defence Ministries.

(VOV) - A high-ranking delegation of the Laos People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) paid a working visit to northern Bac Ninh province on January 12.

(VOV) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 11 received a high-level delegation of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party who attended the first Vietnam-Laos Party theoretical conference. 

(VOV) - National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on January 11 met with ethnic minority voters in Thien Ky commune, the most difficult commune in Huu Lung district, the northern mountainous province of Lang Son. 

(VOV) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung have sent their sympathies to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez over his health condition. 

(VOV) - The policy of Doi Moi (Renewal) is a correct and creative move that needs to be continued more vigorously, delegates from the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party said at their first theory conference.

(VOV) - The Government of Vietnam creates the best possible conditions for Republic of Korean businesses to operate efficiently in the country, says PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

(VOV) - The UK is the world’s number one investor in Vietnam’s financial services.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung met with ethnic minority voters in Truong Ha commune, Ha Quang district in the mountainous northern province of Cao Bang, to inquire into the outcomes of the campaign to build new rural areas in the commune.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has voiced his support for Vietnam-Italy cooperation in national defence, considering this a concrete pillar in the future strategic partnership between the two countries.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s recent approval of the Sea Law is a normal and necessary act of a sovereign coastal nation, and as a signatory to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

(VOV) - Vietnam has strong opposed Taiwan’s plans to explore oil and gas on Ba Binh island of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, requesting that they immediately cancel the illegal actions.

(VOV) - President Cristina Fernandez will pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 18-21 at the invitation of State President Truong Tan Sang.

(VOV) - A ceremony was held in New Delhi on January 9 to mark the conclusion of the Vietnam-India Friendship Year 2012.

(VOV) - A delegation from Vietnam’s northern province of Vinh Phuc, led by provincial Party Committee Secretary Pham Van Vong, is paying a working visit to Laos’ three northern provinces, Udomsay, Luang Prabang and Luang Namtha from January 7-11.  

(VOV) - The first theoretical conference between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) was held in Hanoi on January 10.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pay an official visit to Vietnam on January 16-17 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi said on January 10.

President Truong Tan Sang praised the patriotic spirit of the1954-75 youth movement at Duy Tan Private University in central Danang City at a meeting with 195 former members of the movement on December 9.

(VOV) -A Chinese naval formation, including two destroyers and one logistics vessel, is paying a friendly visit to Ho Chi Minh City from January 7-11. 

Vietnam always attaches importance to strengthening the traditional friendship and strategic partnership with India.

(VOV) - The 5th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Joint Committee for Border Marker Planting took place in Hanoi from January 5-9 with the participation of Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son and his Lao counterpart Bounkeut Sangsomsack.

(VOV) - Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, and Senior Lieutenant General Gratien Maire, Deputy Chief of Staff of the French Army co-chaired the third meeting of the Vietnam-France Joint Committee on National Defence Cooperation in Hanoi on January 9.

(VOV) - Vietnam has officially assumed the post of Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the 2013-2017 term.

(VOV) -A high-ranking delegation of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s National Assembly (NA) led by its Speaker Kang Chang-Hee will pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 13-16.

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh is visiting India from January 7-10 where he is scheduled to attend a conference reviewing the Vietnam-India Friendship Year 2012 on January 9.