A delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly, led by its Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai, attended the opening of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-31) in Manila, the Philippines, on November 23, with the participation of 275 parliamentarians from 19 regional countries.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang and her Bulgarian counterpart Tihomir Stoytchev discussed co-operation between the two foreign ministries, as well as international and regional issues of mutual concern, within the framework of the official visit to Bulgaria by National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

VOV.VN - Vietnam desires to strengthen cooperation with Burundi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye during their meeting in New York on September 22 on the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Cuba have agreed to officially establish an inter-parliamentary cooperation mechanism between their legislatures.

VOV.VN - Vietnam considers Japan a reliable, important and long-term strategic partner that shares many common strategic interests, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Director-General of the Japan's National Security Secretariat Takeo Akiba in Hanoi on March 6.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha met with Speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives Hosoda Hiroyuki, Chairman of the Japan - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Nikai Toshihiro, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura Yasutoshi, and the parliamentarians in charge of environmental issues of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Tokyo on March 3.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese and Lao Prime Ministers have reaffirmed both nations' consistent policy of attaching great importance to and giving the top priority to the consolidation and cultivation of the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu and his Lao counterpart Phoxay Khaykhamphithoune co-chaired the seventh Vietnam - Laos Political Consultation on November 25 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue had a meeting with President of the Thai National Assembly Chuan Leekpai on the sidelines of the 43rd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-43) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 21.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed that since 1997, ASEAN+3 has gradually served as the driving force behind ASEAN's cooperation with partners towards becoming a peaceful, stable, and prosperous East Asia with sustainable development.