Lieut. Gen Nguyen Trung Thu, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, met with visiting General Quan Siem, Commander of the Engineer Corp of the Cambodian Royal Army in Hanoi on June 8. 

Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are actively preparing to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties, said RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Ha Chan-ho.

The newly-appointed Vietnamese ambassador to Indonesia, Nguyen Xuan Thuy, presented his credentials to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyhono on June 8.

Scholarly works on Vietnam-Laos and Laos-Vietnam special relations in the 1930-2007 period have been published, according to a press briefing in Vientiane on June 7.

A high-ranking delegation led by Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat visited Sisavath Keobounphanh, former Politburo member and President of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) on June 7 before ending its two-day mission in Laos.

Vietnam-Laos special relations have taken pride of place in Lao media, including Pasaxon and and Kongthapasaxon newspapers, Khaosan Pathet Lao (KPL) News Agency, Vientiane mai, and both programmes of the Lao National Radio and Television.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Association (VOGA) has strongly opposed the acts of Chinese marine surveillance vessels, which recently cut the survey cables of a Vietnamese ship operating on the continental shelf of Vietnam.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the South African Ministry of Police have signed an agreement on strengthening their cooperation, especially in preventing organised and transnational crimes and wildlife smuggling.

The northeastern province of Quang Ninh should attract more large-scale investment projects to transform it into a development hub of northern Vietnam.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) on June 7 held a discussion related to what happened in the East Sea during the last few days.

With outstanding growths over the past 15 years, the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) has proved its strong vitality and attractiveness and become an irreplaceable bridge in the Asia-Europe partnership, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem.

Lao Party General Secretary and State President Choummaly Sayasone have separately received Vietnamese Party Politburo members in Vientiane, promoting the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

A conference to review the project on compiling the works on the history of Vietnam-Laos, Laos-Vietnam special relations for 1930-2007 was held in Vientiane on June 6.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem is leading a Vietnamese delegation to the 10th ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Hungary on June 6-7.

Vietnam always attaches great importance to Vietnam-Laos special relations and spares no effort to foster those ties, said General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Vietnam’s nuclear non-proliferation stance and its nuclear energy development for peaceful, socio-economic development purposes have received the applause of participants in an international workshop that opened in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 6.

Cheung Somboukhanh, Head of the Lao Government Secretariat, met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Head of the Vietnamese Government Office Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 6 to further promote bilateral ties.

A delegation from the Commission for Organisation of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) led by Politburo member and Secretary of the CPVCC’s Secretariat To Huy Rua is paying an official working visit to Laos from June 4-8. 

General Phung Quang Thanh, Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, on June 5 delivered a speech at the fifth plenary session of the Shangri-La Dialogue, stating that Vietnam’s defence policies are directed at peace and self-defence.

Several means of communications abroad have got it wrong about what they called “demonstrations against China” in front of the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi and the Chinese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on June 5.

A meeting to mark the 100th anniversary of the day late President Ho Chi Minh left the nation to seek ways for national salvation was held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 5.

To Huy Rua, Party Politburo member and head of the Commission for the Organisation of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) met with staff of the Lao-Viet Bank in Vientiane, Laos on June 5.  

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem visited Austria from June 2-4, during which he discussed measures and orientations to boost bilateral cooperation with Austrian leaders. 

A delegation of the Commission for Organisation of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) is paying an official working visit to Laos from June 4-8. 

Party Politburo member Truong Tan Sang has called on enterprises from Japan’s Kansai region to invest more in Vietnam, especially in science-technology. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Germany’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle in Hanoi on June 4 during his working visit to Vietnam.

Minister of Defence, General Phung Quang Thanh held separate meetings with his counterparts from New Zealand, Mongolia, and China on the sidelines of the  10th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Asian Security Summit.

Vietnam is ready to help Laos train human resources and solve difficulties to ensure the efficiency of bilateral cooperation, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and standing member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, on June 3 visited victims of earthquake and tsunami in Asahi city, Chiba prefecture of Japan.

Minister of Home Affairs (MOHA), Tran Van Tuan, on June 3 received a delegation from the Public Administration and Civil Service Authority of Laos, led by Minister Bounpheng Mounphosay, during their working visit to Vietnam.