Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 29 co-chaired the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Country Strategic Dialogue on Vietnam 2021 for the first time via videoconference at the invitation of WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 26 called on ASEAN to consolidate and strengthen solidarity within the bloc to bring into full play its central role in addressing regional challenges.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Indonesia have exchanged views on bilateral defence cooperation and regional and international issues of mutual concern during their second defence policy dialogue virtually held on October 14.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Hanoi capital will virtually host the 8th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals (AMMin8) and its related meetings from October 6-8.

The Vietnam - Indonesia joint working group on defence - military cooperation convened the fourth meeting via videoconference on September 29.

VOV.VN - The Government accompanies businesses and meets their requests within its capacity to help them weather the COVID-19 crisis, maintain production and contribute to the national economy, PM Pham Minh Chinh assured representatives of the business community during a meeting on Septempter 26.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc attended a webinar to release the summary report of the first Mekong-US Partnership Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue on September 15, at an invitation of Stimson Centre.

VOV.VN - Defence Minister Phan Van Giang welcomed Deputy Defence Minister of the Republic of Korea Park Jae-min in Hanoi on September 16 to exchange views on defence cooperation between Vietnam and the RoK.

Ministers of ASEAN, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the UK, and East Asia sat down together at the virtual 26th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) - Closer Economic Relations (CER) Consultations on September 15.

Separate economic ministerial-level consultations between ASEAN and its dialogue partners - China, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, and ASEAN Plus Three nations - took place virtually on September 13 within the framework of the 53rd ASEAN Economic Ministers' (AEM) Meeting.