One of Vietnam’s top priorities in its agenda as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for 2020-2021 is to strengthen the role of regional and sub-regional organisations, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy told the Vietnam News Agency on April 29.

“The Vietnam Day at MGIMO” (Moscow State Institute of International Relations) returned to the Russian capital city on April 29 (local time) with a host of events on the eve of the 46th anniversary of the National Reunification Day (April 30).

VOV.VN - The Great Spring Victory on April 30, 1975 created a turning point in Vietnamese history bringing the country into a new era of independence, freedom, unity, and socialism.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has been invited by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to visit Russia at an appropriate time and the invitation was accepted with pleasure.

Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Vietnam ASEAN SOM Nguyen Quoc Dung attended the 23rd ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting via a videoconference on April 28.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his Republic of Korea counterpart Chung Eui-yong held their first phone talks on April 28, during which they agreed to maintain all-level exchanges, especially high-level ones, through flexible forms.

VOV.VN - Pham Quang Hieu, assistant to the Foreign Minister and Dato' Amran Bin Mohamed Zin, deputy secretary general for Bilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, on April 28 co-chaired the second version of the Senior Officials' Strategic Dialogue via an online platform.

VOV.VN - Amid various complicated developments relating to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Cambodia, provinces around the nation’s southwest border are considered to be at the highest risk of being hit by further outbreaks.

The second Trade Policy Review (TPR) session of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for Vietnam was held in the form of videoconference on April 27.

The ASEAN Committee in Prague (ACP) on April 26 presented foods to the Czech Federation of Food Banks to help pandemic-hit citizens in in the Czech Republic.