VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang led a Vietnamese delegation to the 32nd ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Consultation (ACSOC) and the 26th ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Meeting on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (SOM-DOC), held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 21.

VOV.VN - Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov hosted an official welcome ceremony on May 21 for General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, and his delegation during their official visit to Russia and co-chairmanship of the second consultation session on maritime issues.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Cambodia are accelerating efforts to deepen political trust, strengthen infrastructure connectivity and reinforce ASEAN solidarity amid rising geopolitical competition and growing regional economic and security challenges.

VOV.VN - A delegation from Military Hospital 175 under Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defence paid a working visit to the German city of Leipzig and St. Georg Hospital on May 19 to review cooperation outcomes and discuss directions for expanding specialized cooperation in the coming period.

The second Asia Agri Food International 2026, taking place in Ho Chi Minh City on May 19–20, has brought together representatives of businesses, policymakers and experts to discuss ways to deepen India–Vietnam cooperation in agriculture and food, with a focus on sustainable supply chains, and market connectivity.

Vietnam and Australia are well positioned to deepen practical cooperation across multiple sectors following the upgrading of ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, with strong complementarities and growing business interest driving new opportunities, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Manh Cuong.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Sweden have shared an ambition to elevate bilateral relations toward innovation-driven and sustainable development-oriented cooperation, during a meeting in Hanoi on May 19 between Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung and Sweden’s State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Dag Hartelius.

VOV.VN - A graduation ceremony was held on May 19 for an advanced political theory course designed for officials from Champasak province, Laos, at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Region II.

Vietnam always attaches importance to building substantive cooperation with relevant agencies of Croatia, a country with an increasingly important position in the European Union, Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang has said.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang highlighted potential for defence cooperation between Vietnam and Croatia while receiving Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić Radman in Hanoi on May 19.