VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos have agreed to step up efforts to raise bilateral trade to US$10 billion while accelerating strategic connectivity projects, as both sides seek to deepen economic cooperation and strengthen long-term development links.

State President Luong Cuong’s participation in the 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week in Gyeongju, the Republic of Korea (RoK) reflects Vietnam’s strong commitment to regional economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific and its growing role in shaping the regional cooperation framework, especially in preparation for hosting APEC 2027.

A framework agreement was recently signed in Halberstadt city, Harz district, Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state to strengthen the partnership in training and recruiting Vietnamese labourers.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese leader To Lam’s coming working trips to Mongolia, Ireland and France demonstrate Vietnam’s desires to elevate and deepen the cooperation frameworks with those countries as well as the Francophonie in line with the new circumstances and the interests of the parties involved, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

VOV.VN - General Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, attended the 24th meeting of the BRICS high-ranking officials responsible for security matters and national security advisors in St. Petersburg on September 11 at the invitation of General Sergey Shoigu, Secretary of the Russia Security Council.

Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang said on June 15 that Vietnam and the EU have effectively cooperated in defence, in line with the Vietnam-EU Partnership and Cooperation Framework Agreement (PCA), the agreement between Vietnam and the EU on the establishment of a framework for Vietnam’s participation in crisis management activities of the EU (FPA).

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and visiting Australian Governor-General David Hurley spoke of the building of a new cooperation framework during their meeting in Hanoi on April 4.

United Nations Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis has granted an inclusive interview to Vietnam News Agency on the upcoming Vietnam visit by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as well as the Vietnam-UN partnership.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on September 26 received visiting Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, who is attending the Horasis India Meeting 2022 in southern Binh Duong province.

VOV.VN - Country Gender Equality Profile Vietnam 2021 (CGEP), the first comprehensive report on the gender equality situation in Vietnam, was released at a meeting on October 26 by the UN Women, the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, the Asian Development Bank and the International Labour Organisation.