VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, during their phone talks on September 15, showed their elation at the development of Vietnam-Germany relations over the past 45 years as well as of the bilateral strategic partnership in the past decade.

A Vietnamese delegation, led by Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai - Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, is attending the UN Human Rights Council’s 45th Regular Session (HRC45).

VOV.VN - Alexander Ivanov, Russian Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), has proclaimed Moscow’s great appreciation for the country’s efforts in its role as ASEAN Chair 2020, along with other mechanisms led by ASEAN.

Trade between Vietnam and China has produced positive results, despite long-lasting difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with Vietnam affirming its position as China’s largest trade partner in ASEAN.

The most important outcome of the of the 53rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM 53) is the commendable chairmanship of Vietnam and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

The textile industry in the CLMV (Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam) has come under near-term threat from the global COVID-19 outbreak, especially for key producer Cambodia. ​

As Chair of ASEAN 2020, Vietnam made the response to COVID-19 a top priority of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 53) and related meetings, according to Dr Balazs Szanto from Webster University Thailand.

VOV.VN - The 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Meeting (AMM-53) was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in the chair.

No matter who will succeed Abe Shinzo to become Japanese Prime Minister, the relations between Japan and Vietnam will not change, said Secretary General of the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) Masataka Fujita.

Deputy Foreign Minister of Laos Thongphane Savanphet has spoken highly of Vietnam’s organisation of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM 53) and related meetings, saying despite their virtual form, all discussions took place frankly.