As Vietnam plans to increase its total industrial park area to 181,000ha by 2030, experts and enterprises at the IP Forum 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City on December 11 stressed that strong economic diplomacy will be needed to attract high-quality projects.

The role of people-to-people diplomacy in fostering Vietnam–Laos relations was underlined at a series of meetings and discussions held in Vientiane on December 9.

VOV.VN - Amid fast-evolving geopolitical, economic, technological, and environmental challenges, Vietnam is working to adapt its multilateral diplomacy to strengthen its international position and actively participate in shaping multilateral institutions for peace, cooperation, and sustainable development.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is making an official visit to Algeria from November 18-20, marking an important new stage in bilateral relations since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1962.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam has returned to Hanoi, successfully concluding a working trip to Finland and Bulgaria that marked new milestones in Vietnam’s diplomatic outreach and international partnerships.

VOV.VN - President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and Chairman of the Central Theory Council Professor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang on October 23 received Tatiana Pugh Moreno, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela in charge of Asia, the Middle East, and Oceania, and Director of Venezuela’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Diplomacy, who is on a visit to Vietnam.

The upcoming official visit to Vietnam by Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly László Kövér from October 18 – 22 not only demonstrates the mutual respect between the two nations but also reaffirms the commitment of their senior leaders to further deepen the comprehensive partnership.

The foreign ministries of Laos and Vietnam will continue to effectively implement their cooperation agreement, the joint action programme on economic diplomacy, and other bilateral mechanisms to further strengthen ties across fields, a Vietnamese diplomat said.

Vietnam's successful campaign to have the United Nations (UN) General Assembly select Hanoi as the host city for the Opening for Signature of the UN Convention against Cybercrime (Hanoi Convention) from October 25-26 represents a significant milestone in the nation's multilateral diplomacy, according to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang.

Politburo member Do Van Chien had a meeting with the Russian delegation who are in Vietnam for the first Vietnam – Russia People’s Forum on October 1, during which he highlighted the event as a meaningful one to deepen the friendship between the two countries while opening up new ways for people-to-people diplomacy.