VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has stressed the leading role the United Nations plays in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, in a message delivered to the 77th Commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Committee of Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang hosted an official welcome ceremony in Hanoi on April 25 for Chinese State Councillor and Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Wei Fenghe, who is paying an official visit to Vietnam from April 24-27.

Vietnam and China held their seventh defence strategy dialogue at the deputy ministerial level in Dongxing city in the Chinese province of Guangxi on April 23.

Secretary of the Can Tho municipal Party Committee Le Quang Manh and US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Marie C. Damour had a meeting on April 22, during which both voiced the wish to foster bilateral cooperation in trade promotion, climate change response, health care, and education.

As a locality that leads the way in high-tech agriculture in Vietnam, the Central Highland province of Lam Dong holds advantages in cooperating in this regard with different countries from around the world, including India, an online conference has heard.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son affirmed Vietnam attaches importance to and wants to foster cooperation across all fields with Poland during a phone talks with his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau on April 20.

Bamboo Airways has become the official transporter for Vietnam’s national football and futsal teams after the carrier and the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) signed an cooperation agreement on April 19.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has stressed the need to ramp up cooperation to address global challenges, including COVID-19 and climate change, at the 2021 Boao forum for Asia taking place in China.

VOV.VN - The Presidential Office held a press conference on April 16 to announce the Law on Drug Prevention and Control, which was granted approval during the 14th National Assembly’s 11th session.

The People’s Committee of central Da Nang city and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held a workshop on April 13 to look into the Lien Chieu Port development project.