Vietnam attaches importance to its traditional friendship, solidarity and comprehensive strategic cooperation and partnership with China.

Vietnam and Brunei on November 28 released a joint statement on the occasion of the State visit of President Truong Tan Sang to Brunei from November 27-29.

(VOV) - Vice Chairman of the Government Committee for Ethnic Minorities, Deputy Minister Hoang Xuan Luong,  led a delegation to the fifth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on ethnic minorities held in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 27-28.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on November 28 received Mongolian ambassador Dorj Enkhbat and Nigerian ambassador Mazi Matthias Ojih Okafor, who have both recently assumed their roles in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Vietnam is willing to create favourable conditions for foreign investors, including Brunei, to do business in the country, State President Truong Tan Sang announced at a business forum in Brunei on November 28.

(VOV) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received the visiting Secretary General of the Labour Party (PT) of Mexico Alberto Anaya Gutierrez in Hanoi on November 28.

(VOV) - The time-honoured relationship between Vietnam and Laos has been nurtured and consistently developed over the generations, said Lao State President and Party General Secretary Chummaly Saynhasone.

(VOV) - Vietnam and  South Africa have endorsed a draft agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters in Pretoria City.

Vietnam hopes to further increase cooperative relations with Belgium in various fields for mutual benefits and the common development of both countries.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has expressed his hope that international scholars and scientists will continue to undertake studies of Vietnam and share experiences with the country in state management and leadership. 

Vietnam and Brunei have agreed to further broaden and intensify their relations in the future in the interest of the two peoples. 

(VOV) - Mark Rutte, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, has spoken highly of Vietnam’s socio-economic development, especially in regards to reducing poverty, boosting international integration, and dealing with the impact of the global financial crisis.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has praised Long My commune’s socio-economic achievements during his working tour of Vinh Long province on November 26. 

(VOV) - Vietnam attaches importance to strengthening multifaceted cooperation with Bulgaria, particularly in defence, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung while receiving the Chief of General Staff of Bulgarian Armed Forces, Simeon Hristov Simeonov, in Hanoi on November 26.

(VOV) - A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) attended the 14 th International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties, which took place from November 22-25 in Lebanon ’s capital of Beirut.

(VOV) - National Defence Minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh received the Indian Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Devendra Kumar Joski in Hanoi on November 26.

(VOV) - Vietnam and Japan will increase cooperation on national defence through delegation exchange and training.

A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam has joined representatives from 59 political parties in Asia to discuss peace, security and reconciliation at a conference in Azerbaijani. 

(VOV) -The Malaysian Navy Ship KD-PKHTH with 90 crew members docked at Ho Chi Minh city Port on November 25.

(VOV) - State President Truong Tan Sang will pay official visits to Brunei from November 27-29 and Myanmar from November 29-December 1.

The central city of Danang has received a collection of 90 maps published between 1826 and 1980, 10 of which indicate the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes belong to Vietnam.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong inspected the implementation of the 11th National Party Congress Resolution and Party building work in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on November 24-25. 

Voters meeting President Truong Tan Sang in HCM City on November 25 suggested that officials found to be corrupt or responsible for losing State assets should face harsher penalties.

(VOV) - Chief Auditor Dinh Tien Dung has underlined the fruitful cooperation between the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV) and the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI), following their signing of a cooperation agreement in 2007.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisation (VUFO) on November 24 conferred the Friendship Order to Prof Dr Kolotov Vladimir Nikolaievich, President of St Petersburg’s Russia-Vietnam Friendship Society.

(VOV) - Ten years after ASEAN and China signed the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), bilateral and multilateral dialogues have been organised to solve the contentious issue. Yet, peaceful settlement remains a major challenge.

(VOV) -Vietnam and Tanzania have great potential for boosting bilateral cooperation across all fields including economics, trade, agriculture, and food security.

(VOV) - The National Assembly (NA) has completed its work after a month-long sitting in Hanoi, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung announced on November 23.

Nhan Dan (People) and Granma newspapers should further sharpen their pens on the ideological front to worthily play their role as official organs of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Cuba.

High-ranking defence officials from Vietnam and Italy have called for intensifying training cooperation in the defence industry.