The 27th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened on October 11.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested Japan grant new generation official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam’s large-scale strategic infrastructure development projects such as roads and railways.

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong on October 10 received Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa who is on a two-day working trip to Vietnam.

National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai had a meeting with visiting Deputy Secretary General of Germany’s political foundation Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Gerhard Wahlers in Hanoi on October 10.

Sailing ship 286-Le Quy Don of the Vietnam Naval Academy under the Vietnam People’s Navy docked at Changi port on October 10, beginning a friendly visit to Singapore.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his visiting Japanese counterpart Yoko Kamikawa outlined orientations for strategic cooperation between the two countries during their talks in Hanoi on October 10.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang reaffirmed Vietnam’s commitment to accelerating digital transformation in customs services, while receiving Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, secretary general of the World Customs Organization (WCO), in Hanoi on October 10.

The Algeria-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians' Group made its debut in Algiers on October 9, aiming to reinforce relations between the two countries in all fields, especially through parliamentary channel.

The opening ceremony of a UN Military Observers (UNMO) course took place in Hanoi on October 9.

VOV.VN - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa is scheduled to arrive in Hanoi on October 20 for a two-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of her Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son.

The eighth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee, which took place from October 2-8, was a success, creating a new momentum for the country’s synchronous and comprehensive reform, the building of the Party and the political system as well as the nation’s fast and sustainable development.

VOV.VN - A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia led by Ambassador Nguyen Huy Tang had a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia Sok Chenda Sophea on October 9 in Phnom Penh.

VOV.VN - Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Yaron Mayer has affirmed that Israeli authorities are responsible for Vietnamese citizens currently present in Israel during the latest military conflict between the Israeli army and the armed group Hamas of Palestine.

VOV.VN - Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi co-hosted the fifth meeting of the Vietnam-UAE Inter-Governmental Committee in Hanoi on October 8.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese senior leaders on October 7 extended condolences to their Syrian counterparts over the death of more than 100 people and injury of many others after a drone attack on a Syrian military academy in the western city of Homs two days earlier.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is deeply concerned about the escalating violence between Hamas and Israel, calling on relevant parties to exercise restraint and negotiate to settle disagreements.

VOV.VN - A delegation of the Central Theoretical Council led by its vice chairman, Associate Professor. Dr. Pham Van Linh, is on a working visit to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta from October 4 to October 8.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's consistent policy is to support international efforts to combat proliferation through comprehensive and thorough disarmament, especially with regard to nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction.

The Vietnamese Government will continue fine-tuning the legal framework on investment, finance and technology, and ensure resources for renewable energy projects, and build mechanisms for direct electricity trading, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 6 received Attilio Fontana, president of Italy’s Lombardy region, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

The Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg on October 5 presented certificates of merit to several individuals who have made contributions to the Russia-Vietnam friendship.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs Nguyen Thai Hoc attended the annual international conference themed “political parties and a new society" which opened in Mexico City on October 5 (local time).

A delegation of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) visited the Osaka Bay marine traffic centre and patrol vessel SETTSU of the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) on October 5.

Ho Chi Minh City highly values Germany’s capacity for education and vocation training, and wishes to step up cooperation with Lower Saxony state in this field through specific projects, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan told visiting Minister-President of Lower Saxony Stephan Weil on October 6.

VOV.VN - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa will pay a visit to Vietnam on October 10-11 as part of her Southeast Asian tour, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, had a working session with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US Representative to the UN, in New York on October 5 to discuss measures to strengthen cooperation between the two delegations in global issues at multilateral forums, including the UN.

The Bangladeshi Ambassador to Vietnam and Bangladeshi Embassy in Vietnam have done a good job in promoting the good traditional relations between the two countries, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan said when receiving the outgoing ambassador Samina Naz in Hanoi on October 5.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Singaporean Permanent Secretary for Defence Chan Heng Kee co-chaired the 14th defence policy dialogue between Vietnam and Singapore in Hanoi on October 5.

President Vo Van Thuong met with outstanding businesswomen nationwide who are members of the Vietnam Association for Women Entrepreneurs (VAWE) in Hanoi on October 5.

The eighth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee entered the fourth working day on October 5, focusing on reviewing the 10-year implementation of a resolution on a number of issues regarding social policies in the 2012-2020 period.