Vietnam has actively participated in regional and international forums, with a high sense of responsibility, and has fully implemented international commitments including those on fighting human trafficking with the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries.

On February 15, the Embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Hanoi celebrated the 70th birthday of Kim Jong-il, the late leader of the DPRK. 

Iranian Ambassador Seyed Javad G. Shahidi has bid farewell to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung before he concludes his term in Vietnam.

President Truong Tan Sang said Angolan Vice President Fernando Dias Dos Santos’s visit to Vietnam will strengthen the traditional relations between the two countries and bring them to a new height.

Vietnam wants to strengthen relations with African countries, including Angola, says State Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan.

Uncle Ho’s Monument is a significant historical construction project which demonstrates the respect and deep sentiment of ethnic minority groups in Tuyen Quang province for late President Ho Chi Minh.

President Truong Tan Sang on February 14 visited Kim Binh Commune, Chiem Hoa District chosen to pilot the new national rural programme, in the northern mountain province of Tuyen Quang.

On February 14, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni who stopped in Hanoi on his way home from an overseas tour.

Vietnam is accelerating the implementation of legal policies on gender equality in line with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and other international commitments.

On February 14, the HCM City Party Committee held a conference on Party-building work in 2012 with the attendance of Politburo member and Secretary of the HCM municipal Party Committee, Le Thanh Hai.

The eighth Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM-8) on fighting human trafficking in the Greater Mekong sub-regional countries opened in Hanoi on February 14, drawing the participation of 150 delegates from China, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam.

The Vice President of Angola, Fernando Dias dos Santos, and his entourage visited Ho Chi Minh City on February 13.

A Vietnamese government inspection delegation, headed by Inspector General Huynh Phong Tranh, is visiting the Kingdom of Cambodia from February 13-16 at the invitation of Cambodia’s permanent deputy prime minister Men Sam On.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for faster construction of Hoa Lac high-tech park.

Lieut. Gen. Luong Cuong, on February 13 received a delegation from the Lao People’s Army, led by Major General Subun Hunnachampa, Chief of the General Political Department.

China always attaches great importance to developing relations with Vietnam, which benefit not only both peoples, but also peace, stability and development in the region and the world as a whole.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has hailed the great contributions of senior retired Party and State cadres to the nation’s achievements.

Vietnamese ambassador Duong Chi Dung has presented his credentials to Monaco’s Prince Albert II and conveyed State President Truong Tan Sang’s invitation to him to visit Vietnam.

Vietnam and China have agreed to promote high-level diplomatic exchanges with the aim of strengthening the ties of friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

The recent visit to the US by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has opened up opportunities for the two countries to strengthen bilateral cooperation, especially the possibility to upgrade their relations.

A workshop was held in Paris on February 10 by the Vietnam Association in France to discuss the book entitled “De Gaulle and Vietnam” on war history in Vietnam.

The recent visit to Laos by President Truong Tan Sang has helped strengthen the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos, says Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh.

Vietnamese State President Truong Tan Sang on February 11 visited the southeastern province of Attapeu, the native place of Lao General Secretary and State President Chummaly Saynasone.  

Vietnamese Finance Minister Vuong Dinh Hue received newly-accredited Ambassador of the European Union (EU) Franz Jessen in Hanoi on February 10. 

The Vietnam Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Cambodian Ministry of Planning have agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation.

On February 10, State President Truong Tan Sang and his delegation visited Champasak province and the Vietnam-Laos Rubber Joint Stock Company, and attended the inauguration of the Paksong radio and television station.

A delegation from the People’s Daily (PD), a publication of the Chinese Communist Party, visited Vietnam from February 2-10. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has affirmed that Vietnam wants to develop relations with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in many areas.

On February 9, the front pages of Lao daily newspapers carried portraits and a biography of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, highlighting his official visit to Laos.

On February 9, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh paid a courtesy visit to former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Kuala Lumpur as part of his two-day visit to Malaysia.