Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh affirmed the importance of the ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity at a meeting in Pattaya, Thailand, on October 28-29. 

Vietnam is running for a seat at the United Nations’ Human Rights Council for the 2014-2016 term in an effort to help the international community promote human rights.

(VOV) - Vietnamese ambassador to Serbia Tran Xuan Thuy has presented his credentials to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolie.

(VOV) - An international seminar on the Law of the Sea of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) took place in the RoK City of Busan on October 29.

(VOV) - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, received Director of the Defence Management Reform Agency under the Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defence, Rear Admiral Sur Kyong Jo, in Hanoi on October 29.

(VOV) - National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong received the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief Representative in Vietnam, Lotta Sylwander, in Hanoi on October 29.

(VOV) - The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, will lead a high-ranking delegation to visit Vietnam from November 2-4.

(VOV) - Many major Thai newspapers have given wide coverage of the second Vietnam-Thailand Joint Cabinet Retreat, during which both sides agreed to raise two-way trade to US$18 billion by 2015.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked ministries, agencies and localities to coordinate closely to contain the rate of inflation at no more than 8 percent.

Vietnam and Thailand issued a joint statement on their second joint cabinet retreat in Hanoi on October 27.

(VOV) -  State President Truong Tan Sang has suggested that Binh Duong should try to attract investment in hi-tech and high added value industrial sectors. 

(VOV) - The second Vietnam-Thailand Joint Cabinet Retreat will be a milestone in bilateral friendship and cooperation, contributing to establishing a strategic partnership, says Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Vietnam will do its utmost to preserve and ceaselessly foster their special solidarity with Laos for mutual benefit as well as for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

A delegation from the Defence Ministry led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh had a working visit to Italy from October 24-26. 

(VOV) - Panama is eager to serve as the gateway through which Vietnamese products can penetrate the Latin-American market.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has expressed his hopes to raise Vietnam-France relationship to a new level.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will lead a Vietnamese delegation to the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to be held in Vientiane capital from November 4-6.

(VOV) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will make a visit to Vietnam in early November, according to Luong Thanh Nghi, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(VOV) - A Vietnamese delegation led by Tran Van Hang, Chairman of the National Assembly Committee for External Relations, attended the 127th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Canada from October 21-26.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra will co-chair the second Vietnam-Thailand joint Cabinet meeting in Hanoi on October 27.

(VOV) - Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung received President of Panama Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal in Hanoi on October 25.

(VOV) - Vietnam wants ASEAN and China to soon start official negotiations on a Code of Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (COC) as a contribution to maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region.

(VOV) - Vietnam attaches great importance to developing friendship and cooperation with Panama for the sake of mutual benefit, peace, cooperation and development in the two regions and the world.

(VOV) - The President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and his wife will begin an official visit to Vietnam from October 31 to November 2.

(VOV) - Vietnam and Russia have agreed to continue fostering the cooperation stated in the signed agreements so as to further intensify the two countries’ defence ties in their comprehensive strategic partnership. 

(VOV) - Vietnam highly values the Asian-Europe Meeting’s (ASEM) initiatives to promote cooperation in developing human resource, creating jobs and ensuring social protection for sustainable development.

A seminar aiming to strengthen the special friendship and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos for the 2011 – 2020 period took place in the capital of Vientiane on October 24.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Lim Chhay, Under Secretary of State for Cambodian Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation in Hanoi on October 24.

Vietnam hopes to receive the United Nations (UN) and international community’ assistance in realising its socio-economic development goals and the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the future.

(VOV) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has underlined the traditional friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and China, despite current difficulties.