VOV.VN - Italian President Sergio Mattarella hosted an official farewell ceremony for President Vo Van Thuong, his wife and high-ranking Vietnamese delegation in Rome on July 28.

VOV.VN - Several prominent Italian newspapers on July 27 and July 28 continued to feature information about President Vo Van Thuong’s State visit to the Southern European nation.

VOV.VN - The nation has made active and responsible contributions to solidifying and expanding solidarity within ASEAN over the past 28 years since it joined the regional bloc.

VOV.VN - Elizabeth McIninch, director of the Canada-Vietnam Trade Council and a media consultant with deep expertise in Southeast Asia, has affirmed that the nation has become a mediator between member states of ASEAN and plays a leading role in the common home of 650 million people.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s accession to ASEAN back in 1995 represents one of the most important milestones, not only in the nation’s foreign policy history since the August Revolution in 1945, but also in terms of the regional bloc’s development.

VOV.VN - ASEAN Ceramics Expo 2023, Southeast Asia’s leading international exhibition of machinery, technology, and materials for manufacturing white-ware, heavy clay and advanced ceramics, is scheduled to be held from November 28 to November 30, heard a press conference in Hanoi on July 28.

VOV.VN - During 28 years as a member of ASEAN showing a proactive, positive, and responsible spirit, Vietnam has not only seriously fulfilled its commitments and obligations as a member, but has also made important contributions to the further development and growth of the regional bloc.

VOV.VN - The Director of the Foreign Relations Department under Ministry of National Defence Major General Vu Thanh Van and Assistant Deputy Minister of Canada’s Department of National Defence Peter Hammerschmidt on July 27 co-hosted the Vietnam – Canada Bilateral Defence Consultation 2023.

VOV.VN - Over the past 28 years since joining ASEAN as an ‘active and responsible’ member, Vietnam has made practical contributions to a united, peaceful, stable, and developed grouping, said Veeramalla Anjaiah, a senior research fellow at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) in an interview granted to a Jakarta based VOV correspondent.

Over the past 28 years since Vietnam joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a constructive and responsible approach has consolidated Vietnam’s position in the bloc, said Dr. Nguyen Hong Hai, a lecturer of the Queensland University of Technology’s School of Justice.