Fostering the cooperation between the United Nations (UN) and regional organisations to promote trust building and dialogue in preventing and settling disputes will continue to be one of three priorities of Vietnam while it holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in April, said a Foreign Ministry official.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang expressed Vietnam’s stance on a number of international issues at the ministry’s regular press conference on March 25.

The 46th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), held at the UN office in Geneva, concluded on March 24.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera discussed a score of specific measures to promote the Vietnam-Chile comprehensive partnership during their phone talks on March 24 as both nations are celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties (1971-2021).

VOV.VN - Co-operative ties between Hanoi and Italian localities have enjoyed a strong period of development in recent times, Chu Ngoc Anh, chairman of the People’s Committee of Hanoi, stated during a reception held on March 24 in Hanoi for Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Antonion Alessandro.

A ceremony reviewing the activities of the Group of Vietnamese Women Parliamentarians was held in Hanoi on March 24.

The two-day ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting (ADSOM) opened virtually on March 24 under the chair of the Permanent Secretary of the Brunei Ministry of Defence, Brigadier General (retired) Dato Seri Pahlawan Shahril Anwar Bin Haji Ma’awiah.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son on March 22 phoned Kurt Campbell, US Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific Affairs on the National Security Council.

VOV.VN - Vietnam treasures the cooperative relations with Germany and greatly values the support and coordination Germany gave to Vietnam in 2020 in the framework of ASEAN and the UN Security Council, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung has said.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese agricultural and fishery exports to China have encountered numerous difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic due to the customs clearance capacity of goods at border gates yet to be operating at full capacity, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).