Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh received the Secretary of State of the Cambodian Ministry of Interior, General Em Saman, in Hanoi on December 7. 

The Vietnamese Party, State, National Assembly and people always attach importance to developing friendship, neighbourliness and comprehensive cooperation with China, considering this as a long-term and consistent policy.  

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong left Phnom Penh on December 7 to visit Siem Reap, a northwestern province of Cambodia. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and the National Assembly deputies’ delegation of Haiphong city met with the local voters on December 7 to report the results of the recent NA session and hear their ideas and proposals.

A delegation of the Vietnam Supreme People's Procuracy, led by General Prosecutor Nguyen Hoa Binh, worked with its Lao counterpart, headed by its Director Khamsan Suvong on December 7 to increase collaborative efforts in the field.

Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council (EC), has expressed the council’s willingness to assist and strengthen cooperation with Vietnam, especially in economics and trade.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has expressed his gratitude to Cambodian people and Buddhist monks for their special interest in his visit.

The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in 1982 is considered the basis for national, regional and global cooperation in the marine sector, says Vietnamese Ambassador Bui The Giang.

Vietnam always attaches importance to the friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Belgium.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong separately met with top leaders of Cambodia in Phnom Penh on December 6, during his current three-day visit to Cambodia.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam led by Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s External Relations Commission Vuong Thua Phong attended the Congress of the Democratic Socialist Party (PDS) of Germany in Berlin from December 1-6.

The Vietnam National Assembly (NA) will enhance its exchange activities with the Belgian Parliament and Belgium’s Flanders Parliament to improve the efficiency of cooperation between the two governments.

Vietnam gives top priority to maintaining and developing the fine neighbourliness, time-honoured friendship and long-term and comprehensive cooperation with Cambodia, says Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to Cambodia was front page news in the Cambodian “Ray of Light” newspaper on December 6.

The legislative bodies of Vietnam and Cuba will regularly maintain reciprocal visits to share experience in law-making, contributing to socio-economic development and the building of socialism in their respective countries.

Vietnam always considers the European Union (EU) one of its leading partners and hopes to boost equal partnership and comprehensive cooperation for the benefit of developments in the region and the world.

A high-level Vietnamese delegation led by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong left Hanoi on December 6 for a three-day visit to Cambodia at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung arrived in Brussels on December 5, beginning his official visit to Belgium and the European Parliament.

Vietnam has discovered and handled millions of bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) to make hundreds of thousands of hectares of land safe for living and production.  

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will pay a state-level friendship visit to Cambodia from December 6-8 at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni.

Oil and gas joint ventures between Vietnam and Russia have been operating effectively, bringing great benefits to both countries, says Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin, Chairman of the Russian State Audit.

The Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform discussed a focal programme for the next five years at its second working session in Hanoi on December 4.

Vietnam and Belgium have promoted bilateral cooperation in politics, economics, science and technology, culture and national defence, most notably in trade and investment.

A Vietnamese National Assembly delegation led by its chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung left Hanoi on December 4 to begin official visits to Belgium, European Parliament and the UK.

Vietnam attaches great importance to boosting relations with its traditional friends around the world, including Latin American countries, particularly Mexico.

Azerbaijan attaches much importance to strengthening ties of friendship and traditional cooperation with Vietnam.

A high-ranking delegation from the Vietnamese Defense Ministry, led by Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army Lieutenant General Pham Xuan Hung, paid an official visit to India from November 26 to December 3.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan and representatives from eight Vietnamese universities held talks with leading Austrian professors and experts during a working visit to Austria on December 2.

Vietnam praises the International Organization of the Francophone (OIF) and its Secretary General for their efforts to help some member nations deal with conflicts and crises.

The Japanese House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Relations adopted an agreement on cooperating, developing and using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes between Japan and Vietnam on December 2.