VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and President To Lam on October 5 met nearly 30 Vietnamese experts and intellectuals from countries such as France, the UK, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, as part of his working trip to France for the 19th Francophonie Summit.

Capitalising on the great potential for economic cooperation with countries of the Francophone community is one of the top Francophone cooperation priorities of Vietnam in the years to come, according to Party General Secretary and State President To Lam.

Moscow will introduce best urban models that can be applied in localities at home and abroad, including Vietnam, Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor in charge of transport and industry of the Russian capital city, has said.

Vietnam is always an active member of the Francophone community with commitments to supporting multilateralism, sustainable development goals, climate change response and practical activities contributing to the Francophone community, said Edgar Doerig, Chief Representative of the Asia-Pacific Office of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF).

Vietnam is a key partner of the UN in general and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in particular with great contributions to human development and sustainable growth in recent years.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam’s state visit to Ireland from October 1-4 at the invitation of Irish President Michael D.Higgins, the first by a head of state of Vietnam to the European country since the two sides set up their diplomatic relations in 1996, is expected to bring bilateral ties to a new development stage.

International organisations have maintained their robust growth forecasts for Vietnam this year as the economy has bounced back strongly despite external uncertainties and extensive damage caused by Typhoon Yagi.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is scheduled to host the first UN Tourism Conference on Tourism for Rural Development, with the event scheduled to run from December 9 to December 11 in the central province of Quang Nam.

An economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has emphasised the need to strengthen the resilience of the Vietnamese economy against natural disasters given the devastating consequences of Typhoon Yagi, the strongest to hit Vietnam in decades, and its aftermath.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam on September 26 morning (local time) visited the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM), the first free trade and export processing zone of Cuba, as part of his ongoing state visit to the Caribbean country.