Though the 2023 EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World reflected some achievements and progress Vietnam has made in protecting human rights, it continued to put forth a number of unobjective comments, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Pham Thu Hang said on June 6.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has called on the United States to remove Cuba from its list of State Sponsors of Terrorism and lift its embargo against the Caribbean state.

VOV.VN - Sen. Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang, Deputy Minister of Public Security, has got the nod from the National Assembly to become Minister of Public Security of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on June 6 voiced its opposition to China’s geological survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi 26’s illegal operations in Vietnamese waters and demanded China stop similar actions.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly on June 6 approved a resolution ratifying the appointment of Justice Minister Le Thanh Long as Deputy Prime Minister in the incumbent government of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for the 2021-2026 term.

VOV.VN - Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Nghia, deputy commander in chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, held talks with General Mao Sophan, deputy commander in chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces in Hanoi on June 6.

Vietnam and Slovenia have a lot of potential to strengthen cooperation for mutual development, and for peace, security and stability in the two countries as well as in the region and the world at large, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Austria and Slovenia Nguyen Trung Kien.

Thailand always values its enhanced strategic partnership with Vietnam, Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa said when receiving Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Pham Viet Hung on June 4 in Bangkok.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai held phone talks with US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen on June 5, noting that her Vietnam visit in July 2023 paved the way for the upgrade of bilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership during US President Joe Biden’s official visit to Vietnam two months later.

Leaders of Japan, France, Egypt, Austria and Greece have sent letters of congratulations to To Lam on his election as the Vietnamese President by the 15th National Assembly.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 5 received New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters who arrived in Hanoi the same day for the second Vietnam – New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and New Zealand will deploy bold cooperation measures to raise their two-way trade turnover to US$3 billion by 2026 from more than US$1.32 billion recorded in 2023.

A delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee led by its Vice President Nguyen Huu Dung paid a working visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) from June 4-6, aiming to promote the friendship between the two countries.

VOV.VN - New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters arrived in Hanoi on June 5 for a two-day visit to Vietnam to outline new directions for cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang is taking part in activities within the framework of the 27th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) which is getting underway in St. Petersburg, Russia, from June 5-8.

Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the committee's Commission for Information and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia made a working trip to Morocco from May 29 – June 3, which was met with enthusiasm from the host officials.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on June 4 had a phone call to Senator Jeff Merkley, chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies of the US Senate Appropriations Committee, who again voiced the US’s support for a strong, independent, self-reliant and prosperous Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will not export raw rare earth elements, affirmed Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at the question-and-answer session of the National Assembly in Hanoi on June 4.

VOV.VN - The Central Inspection Commissions of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party will strengthen bilateral cooperation, including in the field of combating corruption.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland and the Swiss-Vietnamese Economic Forum (SVEF) are organising several events at the University of Zurich for June 3-4.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man has extended his congratulations to Francis Escudero on his election as President of the Philippine Senate.

Vietnam always gives the top priority to maintaining, consolidating and fostering its great friendship, special solidary and comprehensive cooperation with Laos, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told visiting President of the Lao State Inspection Authority Khamphan Phommathat at their meeting in Hanoi on June 3 afternoon.

VOV.VN - Authorities of the administration of Plzen, the fourth largest city of the Czech Republic, expressed their desire to stablish and increase cooperative ties between Plzen and Vietnamese localities during their recent meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Duong Hoai Nam.

President To Lam visited and inspected combat readiness at the Air Defence - Air Force (ADAF) High Command in Hanoi on June 3, affirming that the Party, State and people always pay special attention to building a robust and comprehensive Vietnam People's Army (VPA) and the ADAF in particular.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly of Vietnam starts its two-and-a-half-day question-and-answer session on June 4, focusing on four groups of issues in the fields of natural resources and environment, industry and trade, auditing, culture - sports and tourism.

President To Lam handed over the decision to appoint Sen. Lieut. Gen. Trinh Van Quyet, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission and Vice Chairman of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) as the new Chairman of the General Department of Politics at a ceremony in Hanoi on June

Inspector General of the Government Inspectorate Doan Hong Phong held talks with Khamphan Phommathat, President of the Lao State Inspection Authority, in Hanoi on June 3.

VOV.VN - The Government has proposed building Vietnamese cultural centres in several key overseas markets to popularize the country’s traditional culture abroad, at the ongoing seventh session of the National Assembly in Hanoi.

A working group from the Vietnamese Embassy in France led by Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang paid a working trip to Bordeaux, the capital city of France’s southwest region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, from May 30 to June 1.

President Ho Chi Minh, his role in the national liberation movements in Africa, and the Vietnam - Morocco relations were the focus of a workshop held in Rabat capital on May 31.