VOV.VN - Vice Chairman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai on March 2 received Lee ShinJae, head of the Republic of Korea – Vietnam Friendship Association who is in Hanoi for an official visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang on March 2 received Franklin Graham, President and CEO of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and President of international relief organisation Samaritan’ Purse.

VOV.VN - Politburo member Vo Van Thuong has been elected President of Vietnam at an extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly in Hanoi on March 2.

VOV.VN - Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee Vo Van Thuong pledged to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity after he was elected at an extraordinary session of the National Assembly in Hanoi on March 2 with 97% of votes in favour.

Vietnam attaches importance to the traditional cooperation with Norway, stated Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son while receiving visiting State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Erling Rimestad in Hanoi on March 1.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on March 1 had a meeting with Meritxell Batet, president of the Congress of Deputies of Spain, beginninghis official visit to the European nation.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly is scheduled to elect a new State President of Vietnam at an extraordinary session in Hanoi on March 2.

Vietnam pursues a consistent policy of respecting and ensuring people's freedom to belief and religion as well as the equality among religions, while promoting cultural and moral values and resources of religions for the country’s development, stated Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai.

Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang and State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway Erling Rimestad co-chaired the ninth political consultation between the two foreign ministries, focusing on discussing bilateral cooperation as well as regional and international issues of shared concern.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked France to offer optimal conditions for Vietnamese goods, especially agricultural and fishery ones to enter the French market during a reception for French Minister for Foreign Trade, Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad Olivier Becht on March 1 in Hanoi.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang met leaders of international organisations and foreign officials on the sidelines of the 52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 27-28.

VOV.VN - The sound relationship between Vietnam and Australia is creating favorable conditions for localities of the two countries to enhance connectivity.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations held the final planning conference on March 1 for end-of-term field training under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM Plus) Experts’ Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations Cycle 4 for the 2021 to 2023 period.

VOV.VN - The Party Central Committee has decided nominating personnel for election to hold the position of the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the 2021-2026 term.

VOV.VN -Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang’s visit to Spain from March 1 to March 3 will contribute to carrying out the Vietnamese foreign policy of independence, self-reliance for peace, friendship, co-operation, development, multilateralization, and diversification of external ties.

VOV.VN - Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung held an online talk with his Cuban counterpart Emilio Lozada Garcia on February 28.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hosted the UK Ambassador to Vietnam, Iain Frew, in Hanoi on February 28.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha will attend the Asia Zero Emissions Community (AZEC) Ministerial Meeting in Japan in early March.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on February 28 received Hark-Kyu Park, President and CFO at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., hailing the Korean firm's effective operation and expecting it to invest in the long term in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on February 28 briefed a Lao delegation on the operation of the National Assembly of Vietnam and affirmed that the Vietnamese legislature is willing to share its experience with its Lao counterpart.

As a country with high sense of responsibility, Vietnam is willing to cooperate with Japan in realising global commitments and goals, thus turning the bilateral relations into a model in partnership between a developing country and a developed one, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang joined a meeting with Vietnamese expatriate community and representative agencies in Switzerland on February 26, following his arrival in Geneva to attend a high-level discussion of the 52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

VOV.VN - Vietnam strongly supports multilateralism and the United Nations’ central role in global governance and in coordinating efforts to address common challenges, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang told Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 27 chaired a virtual meeting on the draft resolution on Ho Chi Minh City’s development, which is intended to become a driving force for the city’s development.

The capital city of Hanoi is ready to further expand friendship and cooperation activities in various fields, including those of people-elected bodies, thereby contributing to fostering Vietnam-Laos special relationship, chairman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan has said.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang gave a speech at a high-level discussion of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s 52nd regular session which is underway from February 27 to March 2 in Geneva, Switzerland.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on February 27 attended the NA Standing Committee’s conference to carry out foreign affairs of the legislative body in 2023.

VOV.VN -Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairwoman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians Group, Truong Thi Mai on February 27 received Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan - Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance (JVFPA) who is on a visit to Vietnam for the 8th Vietnam - Japan Festival 2023.

The Vietnam-Australia relations continue to grow strongly across fields, reaping great successes in the past five decades, as the two countries have built strategic trust based on mutual respect and common interests, said Prof. Carl Thayer, an expert on Vietnamese studies from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

VOV.VN - The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the United Left Movement (MIU) of the Dominican Republic on February 26 signed a cooperation document between the two parties for the 2023-2028 period.