The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) will join hands with the Party, State and people to boost friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Venezuela to a higher level.

The president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has concluded his official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Truong Tan Sang.

More than 600 pastors attended the opening day of the second national convention of the Christian Fellowship Church of Vietnam in Hoc Mon district, Ho Chi Minh City, on November 1.

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia, Andrus Ansip, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 6-8.

A Vietnamese party delegation led by Thinh Giang, Deputy Editor in Chief of Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper, attended the 6th congress of the Party of Italian Communists (PdCI) in Rimini from October 28-30.  

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda have signed a joint statement on the implementation of action within the framework of the Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia between the two countries.

A delegation of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) led by its Vice Chairman Tran Dac Loi paid a working visit to China from October 26-30 at the invitation of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC). 

The Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium, as rotating Chair of the ASEAN Brussels Committee (ABC) in the second half of the year, successfully hosted a working visit by ambassadors of ASEAN member countries in Belgium to the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg in France from October 26-27. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has set up a national advisory committee on financial and monetary policies that will include high-ranking Government officials and prominent economists.

Vietnam will spare no efforts to boost the traditional relationship with the Venezuelan State, people, and National Assembly, says Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Vietnam and Japan will work within the framework of their strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia.

State President Truong Tan Sang held talks with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev, in Hanoi on October 31.

Strengthening the strategic partnership with Japan has always been Vietnam’s consistent policy and one of the top priority areas in its foreign policy.

The 80th General Assembly of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) opened in Hanoi on October 31 with the participation of 1,200 delegates from 188 INTERPOL member nations.

Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbeyev’s visit to Vietnam from October 31- November 2 is of great significance to promoting all-round cooperation between the two countries, especially in economics.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbeyev and his entourage arrived in Hanoi on October 30 to start their three-day official visit to Vietnam.

President of the Venezuelan National Assembly (NA) Fernando Soto Rojas arrived in Hanoi on October 30 for his official visit to Vietnam.

For the first time, Hanoi will host the 80th General Assembly of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) from October 31 to November 4, attended by 1,200 delegates, including senior police officials from 188 INTERPOL member countries.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on October 30 visited the Vietnamese Embassy headquarters in Tokyo where he asked embassy staff and representatives of Vietnamese agencies to work harder to promote cooperation between the two countries.

Japan has shown keen interest in the current official visit to Tokyo by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, says Naoko Saiki, Deputy Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Hanoi on October 30, beginning an official visit to Japan at the invitation of PM Yoshihiko Noda.

As a member of the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol), Vietnam will do its utmost to strengthen cooperation with the organisation in combating crime, says Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The fourth theoretical exchange between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Communist Party of Japan (CPJ) opened in the central coastal city of Da Nang on October 29.

Ambassador Le Hoai Trung has confirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of promoting and protecting fundamental human rights at a UN session in New York.

The northern mountain province of Tuyen Quang should speed up economic restructuring by developing agro-forestry-fisheries comprehensively and raising industrial and service ratios in GDP, says National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Vietnam supports the Mekong-Republic of Korea (RoK) cooperation mechanism, which will help strengthen relations between participating nations, says a Vietnamese diplomat. 

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan thanked the Australian government for its support to Vietnam, especially provision of official development assistance (ODA), while receiving New South Wales Governor Marie Bashir, in Hanoi on October 28. 

Lieut. Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich, Head of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army received Sen. Lieut. Gen. O Chol San, Political Commissar of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Naval Command, in Hanoi on October 28. 

The Lao Government has donated US$100,000 to assist people in Vietnam’s flood-hit regions.

State President Truong Tan Sang on October 28 received Philippines Secretary of National Defence, Voltaire Gazmin, and representatives of leading businesses in the country.