A workshop on Russia-Vietnam relations took place in Moscow on May 17 to review the outcomes of bilateral cooperation and discuss ways of boosting the relationship.

A delegation of the Party Central Committee, State President’s Office, the National Assembly, the Government, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front on May 18 paid a floral tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh.

The National Assembly is expected to approve 13 bills and seven resolutions, and debate six others at its third session due to open on May 21.

The Vietnamese government, military and people always attach great importance to promoting the relations of solidarity and friendship with the Republic of Korea (RoK).  

On May 16, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with voters in Thuy Nguyen district, in the northern port city of Hai Phong, ahead of the National Assembly’s third session, scheduled to open on May 21.  

On May 16, State President Truong Tan Sang received a delegation of former cadres, who served late President Ho Chi Minh, to mark his 122nd birthday anniversary.

Israel wants to strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, particularly in agriculture, trade, science, technology, health care, education and training. 

Vietnam opposes the Chinese Department of Fisheries’ ban on fishing in the East Sea, says Le Thanh Nghi, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry.  

The fifth conference of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) (11th tenure) successfully concluded on May 15 after a fortnight working session.

Representatives from 27 member countries of the European Union (EU) approved the signing of a partnership and cooperation agreement (PCA) with Vietnam at the EU Foreign Ministers Meeting in Brussels, Belgium on May 14. 

The Government Inspectorate met with a delegation from the Republic of Korea’s Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission in Hanoi on May 14 to discuss their joint efforts in combating corruption.

The win in the recent election by left-wing candidate Francois Hollande is a good sign for France-Vietnam relationship, said former French Ambassador to Vietnam Claude Blanchemaison.

President of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, plans to visit Vietnam by the end of this year, according to the Honduras Presidential Palace’s website.

Vietnam welcomes the United Nations’ Sustainable Energy for All Initiative and is working hard to attend the upcoming Rio+20 Conference on sustainable development in Brazil.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the US, in coordination with the Southeast Asia Roundtable Forum, held the second Vietnam Forum on the US-ASEAN relationship, in Washington DC on May 10.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 22nd ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting which took place in the Cambodia capital city of Phnom Penh on May 10. 

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan will lead a Vietnamese delegation to the 18th International Conference on "The Future of Asia" in Tokyo, Japan on May 24-25.

This act has violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Truong Sa Archipelago, caused tension and complicated the situation in the East Sea, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son will attend the Deputy Foreign Ministerial Conference of Vietnam, Laos and Thailand on the East-West economic corridor in the central province of Quang Tri from May 16-19.

A delegation from the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s (VFF) Central Committee led by Vice President Le Ba Trinh is visiting Laos from May 9-15, to boost ties with the neighbouring country.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh is attending the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) which is being held in Sharm El Sheikh City, Egypt from May 7-10.

The police in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai on May 8 arrested a number of FULRO reactionaries in Hra Commune, Mang Yang District, as they allegedly incited the locals to sabotage national unity.

The 67th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the Great Patriotic War against fascism was celebrated on May 8 by the HCM City Union of Friendship Organizations, with the participation of the Russian Consul General and former Vietnamese students who studied in Russia.

Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry Janos Hovari visited Vietnam from May 7-9 at the invitation of the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

President Truong Tan Sang visited mining industry workers in the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 6, on the occasion of Workers’ Month.

The 8th session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee closed in Hanoi on May 5 with the adoption of a resolution on a legal policy for people credited with revolutionary service.

Vietnamese Buddhism is a religion of patriotism, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan at a grand ceremony to mark the 2556th birthday of Lord Buddha, which was held in Hanoi on May 5 by the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Central Committee.

President Truong Tan Sang on May 4 extended his condolences to Russia President Dimitri Medvedev over the terrorist bomb attack in the country’s Dagestan region.

On May 4, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with voters in the Hanoi districts of Ba Dinh and Hoan Kiem to discuss the National Assembly’s upcoming third session, scheduled to open on May 21, and hear their opinions and complaints.

The 8th session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on May 4 to discuss issues related to the State budget, Government bonds and to prepare for the third meeting of the 13th legislature.