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.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and State President, while receiving Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in Hanoi o June 21, voiced Vietnam’s commitment to facilitating Singaporean business operations in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Delicious local cuisine is the main reason for female Japanese travelers to choose Vietnam as their favourite post-pandemic destination, according to the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC).

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy has reiterated calls to all concerned parties in Myanmar to immediately halt acts of violence, restore trust, restart dialogue and conciliation efforts, whilst realising the five-point consensus as agreed by ASEAN leaders in April of this year.

The upgrading of ties between New Zealand and Vietnam into a strategic partnership in July 2020 is an important milestone in the bilateral relationship, said Tredene Cherie Dobson, newly-accredited Ambassador of New Zealand to Vietnam.