VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the Philippines concurrently Palau,Lai Thai Binh presented his credentials to President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on January 2.

VOV.VN - Senior Vietnamese leaders made a score of working visits abroad in 2023 to promote bilateral cooperation in various fields. Let’s look at some of these major trips.

VOV.VN - Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and his wife are due to pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 6-7 at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in its communiqué on January 2.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 2 sent a message of sympathy to his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio over huge losses in human lives and property caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Ishikawa prefecture and adjacent areas in central Japan on January 1.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on January 2 inspected the implementation of the component project No. 3 of the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau expressway project in Phu My township, and the Southern Petrochemical Complex Project in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.

VOV.VN - Speaker of the Bulgarian National Assembly Rosen Dimitrov Zhelyazkov is set to make an official visit to Vietnam from January 5-9, the National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations said on January 2.

VOV.VN - Localities in the northern mountainous border province of Lao Cai and Hekou district in China’s Yunnan province are striving to boost collaboration in economics, trade, and industrial parks moving forward, heard a working session held on December 31 in Lao Cai city.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's economic achievements deserve to be applauded and receive plaudits from the international community, including Cuba.

VOV.VN - Ambassador of the United States of America to Vietnam Marc Knapper is confident that relations between the US and Vietnam will be furthered strengthened in 2024 following the lifting of their ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2023.

VOV.VN - 2023 marked a stage of rapid development in Vietnam – Czech Republic relations in various areas, from politics to economy and culture, following a pandemic inflicted hiatus.

VOV.VN - In the overall achievements of ASEAN in 2023, Vietnam performed its role as an active and responsible member, and its practical contributions received attention and appreciation of regional and international countries.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has suggested the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) and the Liaison Committee for Overseas Laotians (LCOL) to promote cooperation in the work for overseas people, thereby enriching effective and substantive cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Cultural diplomacy and people-to-people exchanges not only make an important contribution to promoting and spreading Vietnamese cultural values, but also serve the foreign policy goals of both Vietnam and Malaysia.

Work started on the upgrade of Phat Tich Pagoda, a Vietnamese Buddhist pagoda in the Lao capital of Vientiane, on December 29.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Huy Tang handed over office equipment worth US$100,000 – the gift from the National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam, to representatives of the Cambodian Senate at a ceremony in Phnom Penh on December 29.

The diplomatic sector will continue to focus on strongly developing the identity of the Vietnamese bamboo diplomacy in 2024 by concentrating on a number of focal points, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son told the media on the occasion of the coming New Year.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos has obtained significant achievements in all the fields within its remit this year, particularly in economic and cultural diplomacy, said Ambassador Nguyen Ba Hung.

The authorities of the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang and China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region jointly organised a ceremony on December 28 to announce the upgrade of the pair of Tra Linh (Vietnam)-Longbang (China) border gates into international ones.

President Vo Van Thuong has hailed the Presidential Office in supporting the President and Vice President in performing both domestic and external affairs tasks assigned by the Party and the State this year.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is scheduled to hold a dialogue with farmers nationwide in Hanoi on December 30 to address their concerns.

Activities of the National Assembly Office are becoming increasingly professional and effective, said NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue during a conference in Hanoi to review its 2023 work and outline tasks for next year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 28 asked the transport sector to pay more attention to infrastructure development, considering this as a key, priority task in 2024.

VOV.VN - Promoting the fundamental rights of ethnic minority people has been made the top priority in Vietnam’s development strategies and is clearly prescribed in the 2013 Constitution.

Since the signing of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in 2017, the northern province of Ha Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Gyeonggi province have seen their friendship and cooperation deepened and becoming more practical and effective across various areas, Secretary of the Ha Nam Party Committee Le Thi Thuy has affirmed.

VOV.VN - Vietnam welcomed many heads of state, government and parliament of foreign countries during their working trips to Hanoi in 2023, demonstrating their desires to promote multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang and the neighbouring Cambodian province of Kep on December 27 reviewed the one-year implementation of an emulation plan on building a Vietnam - Cambodia border of peace, friendship, and cooperation for common development in the 2023 - 2025 period.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue asked press agencies to continue promoting their role as a bridge between the legislature and people and voters nationwide while chairing a meeting in Hanoi on December 27.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh outlined certain tasks for the public security force while attending the 79th National Public Security Conference opened in Hanoi on December 27.

VOV.VN - The Political Bureau has recently issued a directive aimed at strengthening the Party’s leadership in terms of thrift practice and waste prevention.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting in Hanoi on December 26 to consider seven proposals on drafting laws, ordinances and two bills.