France will provide technical assistance for Vietnam to streamline administrative procedures, improve its business environment and build the e-government and digital transformation under a cooperation programme between the Vietnamese Government Office and the French Embassy in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Defence Minister Phan Van Giang hosted a reception on June 3 for US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Evans Knapper.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received visiting Lt. Gen. Khamliang Outhakaysone, Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army, in Hanoi on June 2.

VOV.VN - Sen. Lieu. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of Defense hosted a ceremony on June 2 to welcome his Lao counterpart Khamliang Outhakaysone, who is in Hanoi for an official visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The two inspection agencies of Vietnam and Laos signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 1 aimed at further improving inspections, the settlement of complaints and denunciations, and anti-corruption efforts.

Golden Gate Ventures on May 30 signed a cooperation agreement with the National Innovation Centre (NIC), aiming at strengthening long-term relationship, and supporting the development of the startup and innovation ecosystem in Vietnam.

A ceramic mural, Tinh huu nghi Viet My (the Vietnam-US Friendship), has been inaugurated at the new US-Vietnam Cooperation Centre in Hanoi.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received a delegation of the Republic of Korean (RoK) People’s Association in Vietnam led by its Chairwoman Chang Eun-sook in Hanoi on May 27.

Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN, has co-chaired the 9th meeting of ASEAN-Korea Joint Cooperation Committee (AKJCC) with the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ambassador to ASEAN Kwon Hee-seog.

Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Hoang Van Loi recently attended a seminar on ASEAN investment jointly organized by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) of South Africa and the Northern Cape provincial government in Kimberley city.