VOV.VN - Le Hoai Trung, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, has underlined the necessity of ensuring the Party’s leadership in diplomatic work and the importance of a combination of Party, State, and people-to-people diplomacy.

Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, was elected as President of the Vietnam-US Society (VUS) for the 2021-2026 tenure at the fourth congress of the association on December 3.

A delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly participated in meetings of the ASEAN+3 and Asia-Pacific groups of the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) which were held in the form of video conference on November 23.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee announced resolutions on the establishment of the Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians Organisation, the Young Parliamentarians Group and the Group of Female NA Deputies.

VOV.VN - The Consulate General of Vietnam in Khon Kaen (Thailand) in collaboration with the administration of Nakhon Phanom province hosted a ceremony on October 22 celebrating 45 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Thailand.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented ambassadorial appointment decisions on October 21 at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi to eight diplomats for the 2021 to 2024 term, detailing their tasks in Europe, Southern Europe, and Central Asia.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung held a working session in Hanoi on October 19 with heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad who were appointed for the 2021-2024 tenure this year.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 14 asked newly accredited Vietnamese ambassadors abroad to promote the country’s ongoing vaccine diplomacy to get more resources for the COVID-19 fight and economic recovery.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has asked the Government’s Working Group on vaccine diplomacy to build a comprehensive vaccine plan for 2022 based on domestic demand, including vaccines for children aged 5-12 and 12-18, booster shots as well as the capacity of vaccine production at home.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his entourage on board a Vietnam Airlines flight returned to Hanoi on September 25 evening from their working trips to Cuba and the United States, bringing home the Abdala COVID-19 vaccine and medical equipment from Cuba and Vietnamese expatriates.