Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his wife and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam returned to Hanoi on March 12 morning, concluding a trip for the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit commemorating the 50th anniversary of dialogue relations, and official visits to Australia and New Zealand from March 5-11.

As Vietnam is a core part of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, both countries boast numerous opportunities for trade development when the Southeast Asian country becomes the largest trading partner of Canada in the region, a Canadian official has said.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan attended the 30th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Retreat in Luang Prabang, Laos, on March 8-9, during which he expressed Vietnam’s support for Laos' priority economic cooperation initiatives in its ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2024.

New Zealand Acting Ambassador to Vietnam Wendy Hinton has highlighted the significance of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse’s upcoming visit to New Zealand following his attendance at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne and his official visit to Australia.

The office of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) and the Secretariat of the Lao NA held their 12th annual seminar and exchange in Oudomxay province, Laos, on March 6.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met leaders of ASEAN countries, Australia, New Zealand, Timor Leste and the Secretary General of ASEAN, while attending the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to mark 50 years of their dialogue partnership, in Melbourne on March 5-6.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh outlined major orientations for ASEAN and Australia to make crucial breakthroughs in their cooperation partnership during a special summit in Melbourne, Australia, on March 6.

The central city of Da Nang – the host of the 13th ASEAN School Games has been speeding up its preparations for the event slated from May 31 to June 9, according to the Sports Authority of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Cambodia will enhance economic connectivity, especially transport connectivity, between the two countries, creating the prerequisite to increase bilateral cooperation in other fields.

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong led a Vietnamese delegation to the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM-Retreat) held in the northern Lao city of Luang Prabang on March 5.