VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN hosted an online meeting on December 7 in order to summarise the activities of the ASEAN Committee in New York over the course of the year, before handing over the nation’s current chairmanship to Brunei.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on December 6 hosted a reception for a high-ranking delegation of Laos led by Politburo member and Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith who are on a visit to Vietnam to attend the 43rd meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith witnessed the signing of 17 cooperation agreements and memoranda of understanding at the 43rd session of the Vietnam-Lao Inter-Governmental Committee on bilateral cooperation in Hanoi on December 6.

The UN General Assembly’s recent adoption of a resolution on ASEAN-UN cooperation has demonstrated the UN’s acknowledgement of the grouping’s position and capacity, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung has said.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is due to attend the 14th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC 14) which is set to transpire on November 26.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), presented the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia to outgoing Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam Ibnu Hadi at a ceremony in Hanoi on November 24.

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly on November 23 adopted the ASEAN-UN cooperation resolution which was backed by 110 countries, the highest number of co-sponsors for the resolution since it was introduced for the first time in 2002.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh phoned Angolan Foreign Minister Téte António on November 23 to exchange views on bilateral cooperation as well as coordination at multilateral forums.

Vietnam has made practical contributions to and active participation in the G20 over the last years.

The US attaches importance to, and wants to promote the comprehensive partnership with Vietnam in a stable and sustainable manner, based on mutual respect for each other’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity and political institutions, said US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien.