Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien lauded the practical, effective and outstanding development of bilateral defence ties in personnel training and defence industry during a reception in Hanoi on April 17 for Polish Ambassador to Vietnam Aleksander Surdej.

VOV.VN - Military forces took part in a rehearsal ahead of a grand parade which is scheduled to take place on the morning of May 7 at Dien Bien province in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory over French colonialism.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly is scheduled to hold its 26-day session from May to June this year with a short break between the two phases, according to National Assembly General Secretary Bui Van Cuong.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 17 attended a ceremony to start work on a project to renovate Him Lam resistance centre, a part of the Dien Bien Phu complex of fortifications in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.

The authorities of the central coastal city of Da Nang on April 17 had a working session with a visiting delegation from Goyang city in the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Gyeonggi province led by its Mayor Lee Dong-hwan.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a meeting in the northern province of Dien Bien on April 17 with veteran soldiers, young volunteers and frontline workers who directly participated in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign in 1954.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), held a working session in New York on April 16 with Nguyen Ngoc Luong, Permanent Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee, who is leading a Vietnamese youth delegation to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 17 offered incense to commemorate Vietnamese heroic martyrs at War Martyrs Cemetery A1 in the leadup to 70 years of the world’s resounding victory of Dien Bien Phu battle over French colonialism (May 7, 1954 – May 7, 2024).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Duong Hoai Nam on April 16 paid a courtesy visit to Czech Senate President Milos Vystcil to discuss measures to promote Vietnam – Czechia relations, including parliamentary cooperation, towards 75 years of diplomacy between the two countries in 2025.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on April 16 received Diego Martinez Belio, State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs of Spain, who is in Vietnam to co-chair the fifth political consultation between the two countries.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on April 16 said that Vietnam always values and wishes to strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Hungary, a traditional partner and the only comprehensive partner of Vietnam in the Central Eastern European region when receiving First Officer of the Hungarian National Assembly Márta Mátrai.

VOV.VN - Leaders of the National Assembly of Vietnam and the National Assembly of Hungary discussed the role of the legislature in supreme supervision of bilateral cooperation agreements signed between the two countries, during a working session in Hanoi on April 16.

VOV.VN - Apple wishes to further promote its investment in Vietnam, especially in developing high-tech products and applications to engage in the tech giant’s App Store, bringing its products to more consumers locally and globally.

VOV.VN - The government seeks to facilitate Vietnamese business operations in Cuba, bringing benefits to businesses and people of both countries and contributing to Cuba’s socio-economic development, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz told Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang in Havana on April 15 (local time).

Argentina’s Resumen Latinoamericano newspaper has published the article “Proud and confident under the Party's glorious flag, determined to build a Vietnam more prosperous, powerful, civilised, heroic with a fine and long-lasting culture" by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang held talks with Cuban Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Ricardo Cabrisas on April 15 (local time), as part of his visit to the Latin American country.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Public Security To Lam and UK Secretary of State for the Home Department James Cleverly discussed security cooperation between the two countries, including in preventing and combating human trafficking, during their phone call on April 15.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Public Security Lt. Gen. Le Van Tuyen and Cuban Minister of the Interior Lt. Gen. Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas discussed security cooperation between the two countries during a working session in Havana as part of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang’s ongoing visit to Cuba.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang will pay an official visit to Venezuela from April 17 – 19 at the invitation of his Venezuelan counterpart Delcy Rodríguez.

VOV.VN - Vietnam wishes to foster the friendly relationship and mutually beneficial cooperation with Benin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son told his Benin counterpart Olushegun Adjadi Bakari during a phone call on April 15.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded many achievements in protecting and promoting human rights, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet at a press briefing in Hanoi on April 15 to announce Vietnam's National Report under the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism.

The great Dien Bien Phu Victory on May 7, 1954 turned a new page in the history of world revolution, becoming a great source of encouragement for the struggle for independence in other countries around the world, according to General Secretary of the Labour Party (PT) of Mexico Alberto Anaya Guitiérrez.

A delegation from the Hungarian National Assembly (NA) led by First Deputy of the Speaker Márta Mátrai paid a working visit to the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 15 as part of their trip to Vietnam.

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang has expressed his hope that Belgian enterprises will study investment possibilities in Vietnam’s key transport projects while meeting with Minister-President of the Government of the Belgian region of Flanders Jan Jambon as part of his recent trip to Europe.

VOV.VN - Australian Ambassador for Climate Change Kristin Tilley visited Vietnam last week to further cooperation and strengthen bilateral engagement on climate and energy, according to the Australian Embassy in Hanoi.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang’s official visit to Cuba from April 14 to 19 demonstrates the great attention Vietnam pays to the special relations and time-honoured friendship with the Caribbean nation, said Dr. Ruvislei Gonzalez Saez, senior researcher at the Cuban Centre for International Policy Research of Cuba.

A Vietnamese youth delegation will attend the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum which will take place from April 16-18 at the UN headquarters in New York.

The 2024 gathering for women diplomats, spouses of ambassadors and the diplomatic corps in Vietnam was held in Hanoi on April 13 evening, with the attendance of Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his wife, and nearly 500 other delegates.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is holding its 32nd session on April 15-19 and April 22 morning.

Vietnam will continue its support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in promoting and making efforts to provide humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) has said.