VOV.VN - Last year saw Party, State, and National Assembly (NA) leaders participate in a broad array of important multilateral activities, thereby strongly conveying a message that the country is ready to be a friend and trusted and responsible partner of the wider international community.

The focal task of the diplomatic sector is to serve sustainable and self-reliant national development and to guarantee national interests at the highest possible level, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told the sector’s teleconference on January 10.

VOV.VN - An international youth forum is scheduled to get underway in both in-person and virtual formats on November 29, to discuss and share experience in making development policies for young people in Southeast Asia.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent a message to the 43rd General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-43) on November 21, with the event officially opening in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

VOV.VN - The more difficulties and challenges faced by ASEAN, the more the regional bloc needs to promote the spirit of "community thinking, community action", while standing side by side, showing self-reliance and proactively responding to all challenges, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is scheduled to deliver keynote speeches in which he will outline Vietnam's stance and proposals aimed at reinforcing solidarity, unity, and the central role of ASEAN at the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and related meetings.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will pay an official visit to Cambodia from November 8 to November 9, and attend the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and related meetings from November 10 to November 13.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, head of the Vietnamese permanent delegation to the UN, has affirmed that ASEAN is fully committed to continuing to promote social development and achieve the ASEAN Vision 2023.

Director of the Ministry of Information and Communications’ International Cooperation Department, Trieu Minh Long attended a Symposium on “ASEAN Identity and Strengthening ASEAN-RoK Cooperation: Now and Beyond” on September 22.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has called on departments of tourism across the country to nominate candidates for the 2023 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Tourism Awards.