VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, has called on the UN Security Council to stay united and step up efforts to ease tensions and end hostilities in the Middle East.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the inauguration ceremony and opening of Vietnamese tech giant FPT's Middle East regional office in Saudi Arabia on October 30, part of his attendance at the eighth Edition of the Future Investment Initiative and working trip to the country.

Vingroup and its subordinate automaker VinFast signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation with four leading companies in the Middle East on October 29 during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to the UAE.

The visits to three Middle East countries by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh from October 27 to November 1 are hoped to create new momentum to promote trade relations between the parties, while opening up many new aspects of cooperation in the coming time.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam on October 27 morning left Hanoi for visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar, attendance at the 8th Edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) and a working trip to Saudi Arabia, from October 27 to November 1.

VOV.VN - Retail petrol prices were revised down by less than VND100 per litre from 3pm on October 24 following the latest adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance.

Vietnamese citizens in the Middle East have been safe amidst conflicts in the region, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on October 17.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Lebanon on September 26 continued to recommend Vietnamese citizens living and working in Lebanon leave the country, amid the risk that tensions between the Israeli army and the Hezbollah escalate into a full-scale conflict in the Middle East.

Vietnamese diplomatic missions in Egypt, Lebanon, Iran, and Israel have continued coordinating closely with local authorities to monitor the situation there and working out citizen protection plans, including evacuation for those in dangerous areas, Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on September 19.

Deputy spokesperson of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Doan Khac Viet spoke about citizen protection work in the Middle East, Myanmar and Bangladesh at a press briefing in Hanoi on August 8.