A delegation led by Air Marshal Phuong Minh Hoa is participating at the 9th ASEAN Air Chiefs Conference (AACC) in Malaysia from September 10-13.

The 11th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on September 12 with NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung in the chair.

The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) hold the second theoretical dialogue on human resources training and renewal energy in Berlin on September 11.

Vietnam’s Defence Ministry will create favourable conditions for the offices of the two countries’ defence ministries to increase the exchange of delegations, experience sharing and professional training. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to Singapore from September 12-14 aims to promote relations between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and Singapore’s People’s Action Party (PAP) and lift the relationship between the two countries to a higher level.

State President Truong Tan Sang and Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov have underlined the need to boost economic and trade ties based on the fine development of political relations between Vietnam and Kazakhstan.

The armies of Vietnam and India should closely cooperate in the field of defence industry, information technology and personnel training.

State President Truong Tan Sang on September 10 met with Speaker of the Senate of Kazakhstan Kairat Mami and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin.

Vietnam hopes to further receive expertise and financial assistance from UNESCO for preserving and promoting values of the country’s internationally-recognised heritage.

If Vietnam wants to see meaningful development, it needs to shift away from extensive reliance on human labour and natural resources and use more advanced technology.

Vietnam and Kazakhstan will further expand cooperation in politics, economics, trade, investment, energy, agriculture, culture, humanity, science-technology, transportation, and military techniques.

Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Zathotou received Nguyen Duc Hien, head of the Ombudsman of the Vietnam National Assembly in Vientiane on September 10.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official visit to Singapore from September 12-14, according to the Party Central Committee Commission for External Relations.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Tran Dac Loi, Vice Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations paid working visits to Angola, Algeria and Egypt from August 30 to September 9.

State President Truong Tan Sang and his delegation arrived in Astana on September 9 for their two-day visit to Kazakhstan at the invitation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev.  

State President Truong Tan Sang and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivered speeches on food security, a major topic at the 20th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC 20) conference.

State President Truong Tan Sang met with President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Lee Myung-bak and President of the Philippines Benigno S. Aquino on the fringe of the APEC 20 in Vladivostok on September 9.

The Vietnamese and Lao embassies held a friendship exchange in Beijing, China on September 8 to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties.

President Truong Tan Sang and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have discussed practical measures to make Vietnam-Russia relations more substantial and effective.

President Truong Tan Sang met with the Russian President's Representative in the Far East Federal District, Victor Ishaev, and Primorie regional Governor Vladimir Miklushevsky on the sidelines of the APEC 20 on September 8 in Vladivostok, Russia.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on September 7 received a visiting delegation from the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) Party of Poland led by its leader Leszek Miller. 

State President Truong Tan Sang attended the APEC CEO Summit 2012, met with foreign leaders and joined the Vietnam-Russia roundtable discussion on trade and investment in the Far East on first day of the APEC Summit Week, September 7.

Vietnam requests Taiwan to immediately stop its wrongful activities in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi has said.

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang joined their counterparts from APEC member economies at the 24th APEC Ministerial Meeting that was wrapped up in Vladivostok, Russia, on September 6. 

President Truong Tan Sang has sent a message to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit due to take place in Vladivostok, Russia, on September 7-8. 

The APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, due to take place in Vladivostok, Russia, on September 8-9, is of paramount importance as it marks the 20th anniversary of the summit.

State President Truong Tan Sang, his wife and delegation left Hanoi on September 6 for the 20th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting in Russia from September 6-9 and Kazakhstan from September 9-11.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited the mountainous Mon Son commune in Con Cuong district, on September 5, as part of his trip to inspect socio-economic development, defence and security in the central province of Nghe An. 

Vietnam will try its best to assist and cooperate with Laos in training judicial personnel, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at a reception for visiting Lao Minister of Justice Chaleuan Yapaoher in Hanoi on September 5. 

The fifth session of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC)’s Theory Council opened in Hanoi on September 5 under the chair of the council’s head Dinh The Huynh.