VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches importance to consolidating and developing its comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia, while always identifying relations with Russia as being of strategic importance and one of the top priorities in its foreign policy.

VOV.VN - Vietnam respects Cambodia's implementation of the Funan Techo canal project, said Doan Khac Viet, deputy spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when asked to comment on Cambodia's recent official commencement of the canal project.

VOV.VN - US President Joe Biden has congratulated Vietnamese President To Lam on his election as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee.

The Vietnam-Japan Cooperation Committee issued a joint press release on its 12th meeting co-chaired by Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Japanese counterpart Kamikawa Yoko in Tokyo on August 7.

VOV.VN - A flag raising ceremony marking the 57th founding anniversary of ASEAN (August 8, 1967-2024) was solemnly held on August 8 at the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs' headquarters in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Permanent Secretary of State at the Cambodian Defence Ministry General Chay Saing Yun have compared notes on developing defence co-operation orientations between the two nations, while co-chairing a dialogue in Phnom Penh of Cambodia.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh showed his elation at seeing the flourishing development of bilateral relations across multiple areas with Malaysia at a meeting held on August 7 with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Haji Fadillah bin Haji Yusof.

Leaders of foreign Parties and countries have continued to send congratulations to President To Lam on the occasion of his election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, head of the steering committee for reviewing and untangling knots in the legal document system, requested accelerating the review of such documents to clear obstacles and promote development while chairing the second meeting of the committee on August 7.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Japanese counterpart Kamikawa Yoko co-chaired the 12th meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Cooperation Committee, and held talks on August 7, as part of the Vietnamese diplomat’s official visit to Japan from August 7-10.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man chaired a working session in Hanoi on August 7 with the NA Economic Committee, Finance-Budget Committee, and Committee for Science, Technology and Environment on their performance since the beginning of the 15th tenure and discuss major tasks for the rest of the tenure.

VOV.VN - Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone received a delegation of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) on August 7 led by Prof. Dr. Chau Van Minh, member of the Party Central Committee and president of the VAST, who paid a working visit to Laos.

VOV.VN - Newly-elected Party General Secretary and President To Lam on August 7 extended greetings to Côte d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara on the country’s 64th Independence Day (August 7, 1960-2024).

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VDPO) under the Ministry of National Defence run a pre-deployment training course and a field exercise on August 7 for Engineering Unit Rotation 3 and Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 6 who are set to engage in UN peacekeeping operations this year.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son is making an official visit to Japan from August 7-10 at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Kamikawa Yoko.

Ling Dequan, a researcher at China’s Centre for World Affairs Studies, has expressed his belief that under the leadership of the 13th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, with Party General Secretary and State President To Lam as leader, the Vietnamese people will reap greater achievements in their cause of Doi Moi (Renewal).

Leaders from various political parties and countries continue to send congratulatory messages to Party General Secretary, President To Lam following his election to the top position in the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

VOV.VN - Vietnam always regards the United States as a partner of strategic importance in bilateral relations, Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC), and chairman of the PCC's Commission for Information and Education, said at a reception on August 7 in Hanoi for US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper.

Developing ties with Russia is a consistent direction, strategic choice and top priority of the Vietnamese Party, State and people in the country's foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification of external relations, Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man said on August 6.

VOV.VN - Newly elected Party General Secretary To Lam, who is also President, chaired a meeting of elite Party and State leaders in Hanoi on August 6 to review work done in July and outline tasks for August and the coming months.

The 27th ASEAN Directors-General of Immigration Departments and Heads of Consular Affairs Divisions of Ministries of Foreign Affairs Meeting (DGICM 27) and its related meetings will be held in Nha Trang city, the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, from August 12-16, heard a press conference on August 6.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said the government supports stronger cooperation between the Vietnamese and Japanese Ministries of Defense, while receiving Japanese Defense Minister Kihara Minoru in Hanoi on August 6.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Japan should increase their defense cooperation in the new period in line with their 2023 comprehensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia and the world, said General Phan Van Giang, Minister of Defense of Vietnam, during talks in Hanoi on August 6 with his Japanese counterpart Kihara Minoru.

VOV.VN - General Phan Van Giang, Minister of Defense of Vietnam, hosted a welcoming ceremony in Hanoi for Minister of Defense Kihara Minoru of Japan who began an official visit to Vietnam on August 6.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on August 5 received Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Vietnam Choi Young-sam who has started his term of office in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned Vietnamese citizens not to travel to Lebanon, Iran, and Israel at this time, given the escalation of tentions between the three countries, posing risks to people’s safety and property.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 5 for Chinese Ambassador Xiong Bo who came to bid farewell at the end of his tenure in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Austrian Ambassador to Vietnam Hans-Peter Glanzer has been awarded the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) in recognition of his remarkable and substantive contributions to both nations’ ties.

VOV.VN - A delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) led by Vu Hong Thanh, member of the Vietnamese National Assembly's Standing Committee and Chairman of its Economic Committee, paid visits to Argentina and Chile from July 29 to August 4.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Public Security Tran Quoc To recently held a meeting with Jacqueline Maguire, assistant director of the Training Division at the US’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in Quantico of Virginia to discuss issues relating to training and collaboration.