VOV.VN - An international online trade exchange to boost the export of Vietnamese longans is set to take place from July 15 to July 16 as part of the implementation of the National Trade Promotion Program in 2021.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary of the Laos People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith held high-level talks on June 28 to discuss measures to incessantly develop relations between both parties and nations.

The Vietnam Cybersecurity Emergency Response Teams/Coordination Centre (VNCERT/CC) on June 24 took part in the 2021 ASEAN-Japan Drill with the aim of enhancing cooperation between Japan and 10 ASEAN countries in addressing trans-national cybersecurity incidents.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on June 23 attended the Asia and Pacific High-level Conference on Belt and Road Cooperation at the invitation of China State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung received Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of the external relations commission of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) of Singapore, in Hanoi on June 22.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung affirmed that enhancing cooperation to push back COVID-19 and promote comprehensive recovery remains the top priority, while addressing the ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials’ Meeting held in the form of video conference on June 22.

The Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Task Force convened its 64th meeting via videoconference on June 22 under the chair of Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN and Chair of the Task Force in 2021.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has praised both nations for working hand in hand to soon establish and hold meetings between their working groups on COVID-19 response towards a mutual recognition of each other’s vaccination certificates.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese national men’s football team led the way in terms of the fair play ranking among Southeast Asian countries during the second qualifying round for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, according to sports website ASEAN FOOTBALL.

Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Vietnam ASEAN SOM Nguyen Quoc Dung on June 21 attended the ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (ASEAN SOM) and a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty Commission, which were hosted virtually by Brunei.