Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested developing the collective economy in terms of both quanity and quality while chairing a forum on the cooperative economy and cooperatives in Hanoi on February 2.

Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien led a delegation from the Ministry of Defence to the 13th ASEAN-Japan Defence Vice-Ministerial Forum that opened in Tokyo on January 30.

VOV.VN - Despite recording somewhat slow growth in recent times, Vietnam and Russia are believed to have overcome difficulties to further promote their comprehensive strategic cooperation, especially in economics, trade, and investment, Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko has said.

President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) Nguyen Xuan Thang held a working session in Hanoi on January 29 with Chancellor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) Park Cheol-hee.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr are scheduled to hold talks in Hanoi on January 30 to discuss measures on future cooperation between Vietnam and the Philippines.

VOV.VN - The United States Mission to Vietnam announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Danang city and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to enhance development cooperation.

VOV.VN - Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung has suggested that ASEAN member states should seek to enhance connections and work to support ASEAN centres in China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (RoK) for the purpose of tourism promotional activities.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Thuy Anh, president of the Vietnam-France Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group, paid a visit to France from January 23 to January 24 to seek co-operation opportunities with French partners.

Director of the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Trung Khanh put forth some measures to boost regional tourism cooperation while addressing the 59th Meeting of the ASEAN National Tourism Organisations in Vientiane, Laos, on January 23.

The state visit to Vietnam by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is expected to create new momentum for Vietnam-Germany cooperation in key areas, including industry, trade and energy, Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, told Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary at Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, in Hanoi on January 23.