Vietnam always attaches importance to enhancing its friendship and cooperation with Belgium and other countries worldwide, said National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung. 

The second Vietnam-Japan Strategic Partnership Dialogue took place in Tokyo on December 2.

The Party Central Committee (PCC)’s Commission for Communication and Education held a conference in HCM City on December 2-3 to intensify the dissemination of foreign affairs information on sea, islands, border demarcation, and marker planting.

Vietnam wishes to receive more positive support from the World Bank (WB) in sharing experiences, consulting policies, and developing resources through socio-economic development projects, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Mexican mass media on December 1 gave wide coverage of the first-ever visit by a high-ranking delegation from the Vietnam National Assembly.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada Le Sy Vuong Ha presided over the 229th session of the ASEAN Committee (ACO) held at “Vietnam House” in Ottawa on December 1.

The reform of the United Nations (UN) in the current world situation is urgent but it should benefit all member nations.  

Danish Crown Prince Frederik left Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of December 1, ending his official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of State Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan.

Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on December 1 as part of his official visit to Vietnam.

Lao President Chummaly Sayasone and Prime Minister Thongsinh Thammavong received a Vietnamese National Assembly delegation headed by NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong in Vientiane on December 1.

A Vietnam delegation has joined the 2011 Congress of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) which runs for five days from December 1, in Kuala Lumpur.

Vietnam and Austria will increase bilateral cooperation in such priority areas as economics, trade, investment, tertiary education and scientific research.

Senior officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) have emphasized the need to boost relations between the two parties in the face of complex changes in the world.

A new office building of the Lao National Assembly (NA) was inaugurated in Vientiane on December 1 in the presence of Vietnam’s visiting NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged ministries and localities nationwide to fulfil their country’s socio-economic development goals. 

The National Assembly’s reform efforts along with voters’ contribution and supervision will improve the operations of the legislative body, says Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Vietnamese Party, State, Government, and National Assembly leaders have sent a letter of congratulation to their Lao counterparts on the occasion of Laos’ 36th National Day (December 2).

A delegation of the National Assembly, led by its Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, arrived in Mexico City on November 30, beginning a two-day working trip to Mexico.

Latvian President Andris Berzins has applauded Vietnam’s achievements in the renewal process as well as its active role in the region and the world.

A Vietnamese diplomat has said Vietnam supports an independent and prosperous State of Palestine and all peoples in the region living in peace and security.

The first meeting of Presidents of the front organisations of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam was held in Phnom Penh on November 30.

Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pany Yathotu received visiting National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong in Vientiane on November 30.

Deputy Defence Minister, Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty, received Senior Lieut. Gen. Shlyakhturov Alexandre Vasilevich, Deputy Chief of Russia Armed Forces’ General Staff, in Hanoi on November 30.

A Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned attacks by demonstrators on the UK Embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 29.

The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, will pay a high-level friendship visit to Cambodia from December 6-8.

Vietnam and Belarus have affirmed their determination to consolidate the traditional bilateral friendship and expand political exchanges.

A Vietnamese National Assembly delegation led by Vice Chairwomen Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan joined 46 Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) member delegations for hearings in New York on November 28-29.  

Top leaders of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi and the Belarusian capital of Minsk held a working session here on November 30 to discuss measures to boost cooperative relations.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung will pay official visits to Belgium, the European Parliament and the UK in the near future, the NA Committee for External Relations announced on November 30.

Vietnamese Defence Minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh on November 30 received the Chairman of the State Military Industrial Committee of Belarus, Gurulev Sergej Petrovich.