UNDP Head Helen Clark has highly appreciated Vietnam for successfully implementing Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and actively joining the “ One UN” initiative.

The Republic of Malta’s Consulate on September 21 hosted a ceremony to present its office in Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of the country’s 47th National Day.

Vietnam stressed the important role of each ASEAN country in strengthening political and security cooperation.

A Vietnamese diplomat has spoken highly of Myanmar’s important developments in terms of socio-economics and politics in recent years.

Vietnam and the US have agreed to promote bilateral defense cooperation based on the principles of respect for the independence, self-control and territorial sovereignty of each nation.  

The northern province of Bac Ninh held a ceremony on September 20 to receive 21 ‘sovereignty’ stones from the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

State President Truong Tan Sang on September 20 sent condolences to his Indian counterpart, Pratibha Devisingh Patil over great losses caused by a recent earthquake in north-eastern India.

A meeting was organised in Hanoi on September 20 to mark the 189th anniversary of Brazil’s National Day (September 7).

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received the newly accredited ambassadors of China, Laos and the US, in Hanoi on September 20. 

A Vietnamese National Assembly delegation, led by Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, joined delegations from the parliaments of the eight other ASEAN members at the 32nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-32)'s executive committee meeting, which kicked off in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on September 20.

The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration and its counterpart in Laos Lao National Academy of Politics and Public Administration will boost cooperation in scientific research.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh and a Government delegation worked with the Steering Committee for the Southwestern region on September 20 to discuss socio-economic tasks, national defense and security in the Mekong Delta region.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged Government inspectors to be at the forefront of the fight against corruption and take the lead in handling people’s complaints.

Vietnam attaches importance to developing relations with the UK in all fields, particularly economics, trade, investment, education and training.

Vietnam backs Palestine’s efforts to become a member of the United Nations (UN) as soon as possible, said spokesman for the Vietnam Foreign Ministry (FM) Luong Thanh Nghi.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on September 19 attended a meeting of the 32nd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-32)’s Executive Committee, which was chaired by Cambodian NA Chairman Heng Samrin. 

The second Vietnam-US defence policy dialogue concluded successfully in Washington DC on September 20.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung met with President of the Cambodian Senate Chea Sim on September 19, affirming Vietnam’s priority given to strengthening and developing its traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Cambodia.

State President Truong Tan Sang on September 19 separately worked with leaders of the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Public Security.

State President Truong Tan Sang on September 19 received outgoing Chief Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Vietnam Benedict Bingham.

Vietnam and China want to bring bilateral defence relations to a new height, said Lieut. Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich, Head of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) General Department of Politics.

A delegation from the Cambodian Royal Army headed by General Meoung Samphan, State Secretary for the Defence Ministry, is on a working visit to Vietnam from September 18-24.

On September 19, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received IMF Senior Resident Representative in Vietnam, Benedict Bingham, who paid a courtesy visit before ending his term of office.

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) of the United Kingdom Houses of Parliament will visit Vietnam from September 19-23.

Patriarchs and hamlet chiefs play an important role in improving living conditions for ethnic minority people, said Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Vice National Assembly Chairperson, at a reception in Hanoi on September 19 for a delegation from Lac Son district, Hoa Binh province.

The Vietnam stall, which was bedecked with yellow-starred red flags, has attracted a lot of visitors to the L’Humanite press festival in Paris’s La Courneuve park.

The Party and State has always paid special attention to the Vietnamese community in Cambodia, said National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

On September 17, the Egyptian Official Gazette quoted Vietnamese ambassador to Egypt, Pham Sy Tam, saying that Egypt has implemented a visa exemption for official and diplomatic passport holders between the two countries to promote bilateral trade and investment.

Vietnam always attaches importance to the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with India, said State President Truong Tan Sang.

Lieutenant General Luong Cuong, Vice Director of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) General Politics Department received Major General Yang Xingxi, Political Commissar of China’s Yunnan Military Zone, in Hanoi on September 16.