Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of ASEAN member states attended a retreat on global and regional issues on September 5, as part of the ongoing 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on September 5 received Liu Jianchao, who is on a visit to Vietnam as the head of the International Liaison Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

VOV.VN - Bilateral trade cooperation between Vietnam and Indonesia is prospering, with the two sides aiming to surpass the US$15 billion trade target set for 2023.

Vietnam has made confident strides on path of national independence and socialism for global peace, friendship, cooperation and development, said President Vo Van Thuong in his speech at the celebration of the 78th National Day of Vietnam on August 31.

The Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC) signed a cooperation agreement on preventive medicine with the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) on August 31, aiming to make strides toward improving the disease control capability at the centre.

VOV.VN - A graduation ceremony for students of a German standard training programme on metal cutting (MC) was held on August 30 by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the General Directorate of Vocational Training in the southern province of Dong Nai.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese embassies in Thailand and Cambodia held separate ceremonies on August 30 to mark the 78th anniversary of the August Revolution on August 19 and the upcoming National Day on September 2.

VOV.VN - Vietnam highly values cooperative ties with Japan, and expects the two sides will further strengthen cooperation through all channels, including people-to-people exchanges, business connectivity and local cooperation.

VOV.VN - The Nha Trang-Khoanh Hoa Tourism Association had a working session with the Tourism Association of the Republic of Korea’s province of South Jeolla (Jeollanam-do) in Gwangju city on August 29 to explore tourism cooperation between the two sides.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi hosted a meeting on August 29 to review the organisation of the 12th Vietnam-France decentralised cooperation conference, and put forth orientations for implementing external work in the rest of the year.