Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang, a member of the 2025 Amnesty Advisory Council (second phase), on August 7 led an inter-agency delegation to inspect amnesty preparations at Thanh Xuan Prison in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s accession to ASEAN not only marked a major milestone in its foreign policy but also significantly contributed to advancing ASEAN’s regional and international stature.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son welcomed a delegation from the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) led by Tanaka Yu, Vice Chairman of the Presidium and acting head of the Secretariat of the JCP Central Committee in Hanoi on July 31.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 24 for Thomas Mitchell Little, President and CEO of UK-based Jadestone Energy Plc, who will oversee his company’s operations in Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 23 for Cuba's First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerardo Penalver Portal, who is visiting Vietnam from July 22 to 25 for a political consultation.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 22 for Paola Pampaloni, Deputy Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service, congratulating her guest on the successful co-chairing of the 5th meeting of the Vietnam – EU Political Sub-committee.

On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister Le Thi Thu Hang on July 18 sent a letter of congratulations to Vietnamese-French professors Tran Thanh Van and Le Kim Ngoc, who were recently promoted to the rank of Officer in the National Order of the Legion of Honour by the French President.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had bilateral meetings with Foreign Ministers of Japan and Switzerland on the sidelines of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-58) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 10.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son separately met with Lao, Cambodian and Thai foreign ministers on the sidelines of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 58) and Post Ministerial Conferences in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 8.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov in Minsk on May 12 as part of Party General Secretary To Lam’s state visit to the country.