A scientific conference featuring the ideology and foreign policies of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Communist Party of China in the new context took place on October 27 in both in-person and virtual forms.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his hope that trade between Vietnam and New Zealand will reach US$2 billion in 2024 while receiving New Zealand Ambassador Tredene Dobson in Hanoi on October 26.

The friendship between Vietnam and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has developed continuously since the two countries established diplomatic ties more than seven decades ago, heard a meeting in Hanoi on October 22.

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.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on October 19 hosted a reception for female ambassadors and chargés d' affaires from foreign diplomatic representative agencies in Vietnam on the occasion of the Vietnamese Women’s Day (October 20).

A Vietnam – Switzerland cultural festival has been held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations (1971 – 2021), and enhance people-to-people exchange and cultural and economic cooperation.

VOV.VN - The Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has collaborated with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) of Germany to organize a seminar to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Vietnam - Germany Strategic Partnership (2011-2021).

VOV.VN - On 22 October, MUNCH museum will open in a brand-new building by Oslo’s waterfront, with MUNCH being home to the world's largest collection of works by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Chile, in collaboration with Recoleta District authority in Santiago capital, the Chile-Vietnam Cultural Friendship Institute, and the Chilean artists' association, has organised a painting exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-Chile diplomatic ties.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had bilateral meetings with his counterparts of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, Latvia, Venezuela and Nicaragua and US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on the sidelines of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.