VOV.VN - Vietnam is willing to have open and frank exchanges with the European Union (EU) and the European parliament (EP) on issues of which both sides still have different views, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue told a visiting EP official in Hanoi on September 8.

The Vietnam Chamber of Industry and Trade (VCCI) in Ho Chi Minh City partnered with the Embassy of Poland in Vietnam to host a networking event in food and beverage to boost trade between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son joined his ASEAN counterparts in meetings with the US, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the EU, and Russia on August 4 within the framework of the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-55) and related meetings in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted separate receptions for Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias in Hanoi on August 1.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son suggested Vietnam and Greece conclude negotiations, moving towards signing an agreement on shipping and an agreement on double taxation avoidance during the talks with his Greek counterpart Nikolaos Dendias in Hanoi on August 1.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son suggested that the nation and Greece could soon conclude negotiations as the two sides move towards signing an agreement on shipping and seek to reach an agreement on double taxation avoidance, with this raised during talks with his Greek counterpart Nikolaos.

Vietnam always attaches importance to and wishes to strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Hungary – its first comprehensive partner among traditional friends in Central Eastern Europe, affirmed President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at his reception for outgoing Hungarian Ambassador Ory Csaba on July 28.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 19 received the outgoing ambassadors of Oman and the Czech Republic who came to bid farewell to the president.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held phone talks with his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavsky on July 15, saying Vietnam seeks to promote its relations with traditional friends, including the Czech Republic – one of the country’s priority partners in the Central Eastern Europe.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on July 13 bestowed its “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia upon outgoing Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam Paul Jansen in recognition of his valuable contributions throughout his term of office in the country.