As of October 6, the Government had received confirmations from 100 countries and over 100 international and regional organisations to attend the Opening for the Signature of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (the Hanoi Convention), with the participation of numerous heads of state, government leaders.

President Vo Van Thuong met with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China Zhao Leji in Beijing on October 17, the first day of his trip to China to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF).

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.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Party and State place great importance on and consider the development of a friendly, stable and healthy cooperative relationship with China a strategic choice and top priority in Vietnam's external policy.

Vietnam opposes any use of force against its fishing vessels operating normally at sea, threatening the life and safety as well as causing damage to the property and interests of fishermen, running counter to international law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS).

A Vietnamese delegation, led by Khuat Duy Le Minh, deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ department of international law and treaties, participated in the 32nd workshop on managing potential conflict in the East Sea held in Banten province, Indonesia, on August 24.

VOV.VN - Both sides have agreed that economic-trade cooperation is one of the pillars of cooperative ties between the two countries on the basis of mutual benefit and development.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man expressed his delight at the development of Vietnam-Austria ties during a reception in Hanoi on April 18 for Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Alexander Schallenberg.

Politburo member and Minister of Public Security To Lam discussed bilateral security cooperation with the National Security Advisor to the Indian Prime Minister, Ajit Kumar Doval, in New Delhi on April 10 as part of his two-day visit to India.

VOV.VN - Ships 8004 and 8003 of the Vietnam Coast Guard left Dinh Vu port in Hai Phong city on the afternoon of April 9 to take part in a joint patrol with the China Coast Guard in the waters adjacent to the Gulf of Tonkin demarcation line.