A representative from the Foreign Ministry’s National Boundary Commission on April 12 opposed China’s plan to bring tourists to Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

(VOV) - Marino Murillo Jorge, Vice President of Cuba’s Council of Ministers, has expressed his admiration for HCM City’s development in various areas and asked the city to share the experiences of its renewal process.

(VOV) - Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov will pay an official visit to Vietnam from October 16-19 at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.

(VOV) - The 7th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area Summit will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 19-20, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(VOV) - Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan has left Hanoi for the 14th annual Francophonie Summit to be held in Kinshasa, Congo, on October 13-14.

Vietnam and Laos should further strengthen cooperation in legal activities, especially in the making and verification of laws.

Politburo member Le Hong Anh, who is also standing member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), made the affirmation while receiving a delegation from the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) led by its Vice President Buavon Onchanhom in Hanoi on October 11.

(VOV) - Vietnam asks China to respect its sovereignty and refrain from wrongful actions to make practical contributions to developing the friendship and cooperation between the two countries as well as maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea.

(VOV) - Cadres from the National Assembly (NA) Office along with international experts and other representatives from relevant agencies gathered for a seminar in Hanoi on October 11 to share their experiences in building and operating a parliamentary library.

(VOV) - Vietnam will join efforts with other ASEAN member countries to stabilise the regional economies, overcome current difficulties, and build an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015, says Deputy Finance Minister Truong Chi Trung.

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai will visit Russia from October 16-20 to attend the 15th meeting of the Vietnam-Russia Intergovernmental Committee for Economic, Trade, Science and Technological Cooperation.

(VOV) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong met with Marino Murillo Jorge, Vice President of Cuba’s Council of Ministers, in Hanoi on October 9.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong on October 8 sent a message of congratulation to Hugo Chavez Frias, leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, on being re-elected as President of the Bolivian Republic of Venezuela for the 2013-2019 term. 

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received the new German ambassador, Jutta Frasch, and Saudi Arabian Minister of Finance Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf in Hanoi on October 9.

(VOV) -The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) represents an appropriate model for Vietnam and will strengthen university and post-graduate educational ties.

(VOV) - A course to share experiences in mass mobilization work with cadres from the Central Committee of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Central Committee was launched in Hanoi on October 9.

Members of the National Assembly's Standing Committee debated a draft decree on electronic gambling for foreigners during their on-going meeting in Hanoi on October 8.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Deputy Head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Nguyen Manh Hung has attended the 14th National Congress of the Peruvian Communist Party (PCP). 

(VOV) - Vietnam welcomes UNESCO’s special priority given to its “Education for All” movement and is eager to back its initiatives and efforts to speed up the movement.

(VOV) - Vietnam will unceasingly consolidate and develop the fraternal solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Cuba as well as the mutual trust between the two Parties, States and peoples.

(VOV) - A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh has attended the third ASEAN Maritime Forum (AMF 3) and the first Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum (EAMF).

(VOV) -  Ambassador Duong Van Quang has said that Vietnam has actively taken part in many Francophone activities.

(VOV) - The 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee has offered its opinions on a resolution regarding the process, procedures and methods for votes of confidence on people in positions elected or approved by the NA or People’s Councils.

(VOV) - The Vietnam – Cuba Friendship Association (VCFA) and the Cuban Embassy in Vietnam held a seminar in Hanoi on October 5 to call for an end to the US’s embargo against Cuba and for solidarity in the campaign to free five Cuban patriots. 

The 12th session of the 13th National Assembly’s Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on October 5 under the chair of Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung. 

(VOV) - Assistant to the Foreign Minister, Nguyen Ngoc Son, has announced Vietnam’s facilities, international prestige, and previous experience qualify it to host the 15th Francophone Summit in 2014.

Cooperation between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) over the past time has brought in practical benefit for both sides.

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan and Hessen State Governor Volker Bouffier have signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation between Vietnam and the western German state.

(VOV) - ASEAN member countries have affirmed their determination to reinforce community solidarity and inner bloc connectivity to ensure regional peace, stability and cooperation.

(VOV) - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung and his delegation returned home on October 3 after attending the 7th Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP-7).