Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien, who leads the Government’s negotiation delegation on reciprocal trade agreement with the US, met with US Ambassador Marc E. Knapper in Hanoi on May 7 to advance ongoing negotiations addressing bilateral economic and trade matters.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed the urgent need to concretise and institutionalise the Party’s policies outlined in Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW on developing the private economic sector, while chairing a Government meeting on the matter on May 7.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Azerbaijan have agreed to establish the strategic partnership following talks in Baku between Party General Secretary To Lam and President Ilham Aliyev.

VOV.VN - Vietnam considers Azerbaijan a key partner in the region and hopes bilateral ties will continue to grow and thrive, Party General Secretary To Lam said during talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who is also Chairman of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, following a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in the capital Baku on May 7.

Following a state visit to Kazakhstan, Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, accompanied by a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, arrived at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku on the afternoon of May 7 (local time), officially beginning a two-day state visit to Azerbaijan at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam has underlined the need to bolster investment and trade cooperation commensurate with the newly established Strategic Partnership between the two countries, aiming to raise bilateral trade turnover to US$5 billion by 2030.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed Vietnam's readiness to negotiate with the United States for the benefit of both nations’ people and businesses, aiming for balanced and sustainable trade.

State President Luong Cuong has urged officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Navy to strengthen solidarity, remain proactive, flexible, and creative, and seize opportunities to overcome challenges and excellently accomplish all assigned tasks, resolutely safeguarding national sovereignty over seas and islands.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam, his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, and a high-level Vietnamese delegation visited the Ethno-Aul Cultural Village, a unique destination in Kazakhstan.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam, his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation attended a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of Victory over Fascism in Astana on May 7 in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.

On behalf of the leaders of the Party, State and people of Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on May 6 extended congratulations to Russia on the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Party General Secretary To Lam, his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attended the Vietnam–Kazakhstan Friendship Concert in Astana on May 6, as part of the Vietnamese leader’s ongoing state visit.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam met with Yerlan Koshanov, Speaker of the Mazhilis - the lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament, who is also Chairman of the ruling Amanat Party, in Astana on May 6 afternoon (local time).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam visited and delivered a policy speech at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan on May 6 evening (local time), as part of his state visit to the Central Asian nation.

VOV.VN - State President Luong Cuong expressed gratitude to the Indian people for their valuable assistance to Vietnam in the past struggle for national independence as well as in current national construction and development while receiving Indian Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju in Ho Chi Minh City.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam had a meeting with Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov in Astana on May 6 afternoon (local time) as part of his state visit to the Central Asian country.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is ready to engage with Australia on a bilateral trade and investment agreement to help the two countries soon achieve the target of raising bilateral trade turnover to US$20 billion.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh praised the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)’s role in helping countries resolve maritime disputes based on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), during his reception in Hanoi on May 6 for ITLOS President Tomas Heidar.

VOV.VN - President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka of Sri Lanka left Ho Chi Minh City on May 6, concluding his three-day state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Luong Cuong.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam was honoured with Kazakhstan’s Order of Dostyk (Friendship) of the First Class at a ceremony held at the Akorda Presidential Palace on May 6 (local time) as part of his ongoing state visit to the Central Asian country.

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Vietnam Shovgi Kamal Oglu Mehdizade has expressed his hope that the upcoming state visit to Azerbaijan by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam will mark a new chapter in strengthening the relations between the two countries.

The state visits by Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam to Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are expected to further strengthen relations between Vietnam and the Central Asian countries, according to international media.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam and Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev have decided to upgrade the two countries’ relations to a strategic partnership to fully tap into their potential for stronger, more substantive cooperation.

VOV.VN - Countries should harness the spirit of compassion and wisdom taught by the Buddha to build a world of peace, humanity, solidarity, and sustainable development, especially as the global community faces serious challenges such as conflicts, climate change, inequality, and other crises, according to Vietnamese President Luong Cuong.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a dispatch setting out detailed plans for a series of ground-breaking and inauguration ceremonies for major national projects, along with a large-scale exhibition highlighting Vietnam’s socio-economic achievements in celebration of the 80th anniversary of National Day (September 2, 1945 – 2025).

Sailing vessel 286-Le Quy Don of the Naval Academy and a delegation of the Vietnam People’s Navy led by the academy’s Deputy Director Senior Captain Nguyen Dinh Giang, left Nha Trang city, the south central province of Khanh Hoa on May 5 for visits and exchanges with the navies of China and the Philippines.

State President Luong Cuong attended the opening ceremony of the UN Day of Vesak Celebrations 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City on May 6, during which he affirmed that Vietnam always respects and protects everyone’s right to freedom of belief and religion, considering this an imporant foundation for strengthening great national unity.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 6 chaired a regular Government meeting for April, reviewing the country’s socio-economic performance in April and the first four months of 2025, and outlining key tasks and solutions for May, quarter II and beyond.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on May 6 launched a nationwide public consultation process on proposed amendments to the 2013 Constitution to gather feedback from all sectors of society to ensure that any constitutional changes reflect the will and interests of the country.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam met with staff members of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community living, studying, and working in Kazakhstan, in capital Astana on May 5 as part of his ongoing visit to Kazakhstan.