The State Duma supports comprehensive cooperation and partnership between Russia and Vietnam and their parliaments.

A meeting was held in Hanoi on September 27 to mark the 63rd anniversary of China’s National Day, which falls on October 1. 

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 27 bid farewell to New Zealand Consul General to Vietnam Heather Mhairi Riddell. 

A Party delegation led by Hoang Binh Quan, Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations paid working visits to Sweden and Denmark from September 22-27.

Cambodia wants to strengthen cooperation in information technology with Vietnam and share valuable experience in the field with its neighbour.

The Cabinet has identified four key tasks for the last quarter of this year, including keeping inflation rates at less than double digits, restructuring businesses and banks, creating jobs, and reducing poverty.

The seventh Vietnam-India Strategic Defence Dialogue took place in the Indian capital city of New Delhi on September 26.

Vietnam and Ireland have signed a number of Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) on legal and justice cooperation in the field of adoption.

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni left Hanoi on September 26, concluding a State-level visit to Vietnam.

Vietnam will further improve its business environment to help foreign investors seek opportunities in the country, says Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.

Ambassador Heather Mhairi Riddell has been bestowed with the Friendship Order, honouring her efforts in strengthening relations between the two countries.

China’s 63rd National Day (October 1) was celebrated in HCM City on September 26 in a ceremony organised by the city’s Union of Friendship Organisations and Vietnam-China Friendship Association.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has received Thailand’s Defence Minister, General Sukumpol Suwanatat, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

President Truong Tan Sang on September 25 conferred the Ho Chi Minh Order on Raymond Aubrac, a French resistance leader during the Second World War, for his support to Vietnam during past wars.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Rear Admiral Pham Ngoc Minh, Deputy Commander of the Vietnam People’s Army has attended the 13th Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) in Malaysia.

The Indonesian embassy in Hanoi gave a reception on September 25 marking the 67th anniversary of Indonesia’s Independence Day.

Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to bring bilateral friendship and solidarity to a new strategic height, as well as tor expand ties between their legislative, executive, judicial bodies and localities in the future.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Huynh Ngoc Son has led a Vietnamese delegation to France to boost mutual understanding with the French parliament, helping multifaceted cooperation between the two countries. 

Vietnam and New Zealand have agreed to strengthen cooperation in naval affairs, search and rescue, fire prevention and human resources training. 

State Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan has proposed that Vietnam and Bolivia further support each other in multilateral forums such as the UN, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC).

In Vietnam, citizens' rights to freedom are clearly enshrined in the constitution and legal documents and are guaranteed in reality, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi on September 25.

The government of Vietnam creates the best possible conditions for foreign businesses, including Lotte Group from the Republic of Korea, to expand operations efficiently in the country.

Vietnam and Turkey are set to raise their two-way trade turnover to US$1 billion this year, Deputy Prime Minster Hoang Trung Hai has said.

Vietnam hopes to receive further cooperation and experience from the UK in such fields as finance, banking, the building of financial centres in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, as well as personnel training for finance and banking sector.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Manh Ha has said the city wants to attract more investment from Philippine businesses.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the World Health Organisation (WHO) to continue assisting Vietnam and other countries in the Western Pacific region to improve the quality of healthcare services for their people.

State President Truong Tan Sang has reaffirmed Vietnam’s policy of nurturing the neighbourliness, traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Cambodia.

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamori’s visit to Vietnam aims to promote the ties of neighbourliness, time-honoured friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

Bulgaria considers Vietnam one of the most important partners in Asia, President Rosen Plevneliev told ambassador Le Duc Luu in Sofia recently.

Vietnamese ambassador to Ukraine Ho Dac Minh Nguyet recently paid a working visit to Moldova to boost cooperative relations between the two countries.