The second Inter-govermental Committee meeting, co-chaired by Venezuelan Vice President Rafael Ramirez and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, opened in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 18.  

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will deliver an important speech at the 4th Mekong-Japan Summit on Vietnam’s priority areas in relation with the management and sustainable use of Mekong river resources within the Mekong-Japan cooperation framework.

A Russian delegation led by Viacheslav Karlovich Dzirkaln, Deputy-Chief of the Federation Agency for Military Technical Cooperation is visiting Vietnam from April 17-20 at the invitation of Deputy Minister of National Defence Truong Quang Khanh.

Vietnam will do its best to join hands with China to solidify the Vietnam-China strategic partnership for mutual benefit and for the sake of peace and development.

The President of the Republic of Singapore, Tony Tan Keng Yam and his wife are scheduled to pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 23-27.

Ambassadors and chief representatives overseas should accelerate external activities in all three pillars of politics, economics and culture, and serve as a bridge for international friends to gain a better understanding of Vietnam.

Chairman of the Vietnam Peace Committee (VPC) Uong Chu Luu on April 17 met with Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament (CPAPD) Li Wuwei in Hanoi.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in the US, led by Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong, paid tribute to Doctor Judith Ladinsky (1938 –2012) in Madison City in the state of Wisconsin on April 15.

The government of Peru will always create favourable conditions for Vietnam’s projects to be effectively implemented in the Latin American nation, says Prime Minister Oscar Eduardo Valdes Dancuart.

The armies of Vietnam and China should promote dissemination of information on traditional friendship between the two countries and continue to co-ordinate at the multilateral forums, says senior Lieutenant-General Do Ba Ty.

Vietnam always attaches great importance to strengthening foreign relations with traditional friends, including Bulgaria.

Vietnam always attaches importance to strengthening the comprehensive partnership with New Zealand in all fields.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the 4th Mekong-Japan Summit from April 20-21 in Tokyo. 

Vietnam has always attached importance to strengthening cooperative relations with Japan in all fields and has worked with Japan to develop their sustainable and long-term strategic partnership.

The National Assembly (NA) of Bulgaria always supports cooperation with the Vietnamese Government and is willing to help Vietnam expand cooperation with EU nations.

Helmut Dietrich, CEO of the Austrian company Vamed Engineering, was received by the Vietnamese Deputy Defense Minister, Senior Lieutenant General Le Huu Duc in Hanoi on April 16.  

Vietnam attaches great importance to developing the traditional relationship and multifaceted cooperation with Bulgaria, says National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

A ceremony to mark the 37th anniversary of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago Liberation Day (April 29) was held on Sinh Ton (Sin Cowe) island on April 16.

Theoretical cooperation between the two Parties will be promoted in the future to practically serve the development process in each country.

On April 14, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung worked with leaders of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee on implementing a zoning plan for Hanoi’s development until 2030, with a vision to 2050.

On April 14, State President Truong Tan Sang sent a message of congratulations to Kim Jong Un over his election as First Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The similarities of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) have created a close bond between the two political organizations.

State President Truong Tan Sang on April 13 sent condolences to his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika over the death of former president Ahmed Ban Bella.

Vietnamese and Chinese armies would do their best to promote bilateral ties to be more practical and on par with relations between the two Parties and States, said a Vietnamese high-ranking army official.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his delegation left Australia on April 14 for their official visit to New Zealand.

Vietnam expresses great concern about developments related to the recent satellite launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Official news agencies of Vietnam and Russia should promote the exchange of information about political and socio-cultural areas economic cooperation between the two countries.

The Vietnamese Party, State and people will do their utmost to consolidate the bilateral relations, comprehensive cooperation, friendship, solidarity and mutual understanding with Cuba.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on April 12 congratulated the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-ul on being elected first secretary of the Korean Workers’ Party.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 12 met with Australian Acting Governor General and New South Wales State Governor Marie Bashir in Sydney to look for stronger relations between the two countries.