VOV.VN - The President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba, Esteban Lazo Hernandez, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from September 24 to 29, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on September 20 signed the United Nations agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, making Vietnam one of the first countries to sign the international-legally binding instrument under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of the Salomon Islands Jeremiah Manele, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Uganda Henry Oryem Okello.

Friendship and mutual trust based on people-to-people exchanges nurtured for many years have formed an impetus for the Vietnam - Japan relations, said Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamikawa Yoko.

VOV.VN - Party and State leaders paid their tribute to Sen. Lieu. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, former Deputy Minister of National Defense during his funeral held in Hanoi on September 18 morning.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc on September 14 granted an interview on the state visit to Vietnam by US President Joe Biden from September 10-11 at the invitation of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu on September 7 received a delegation from the French Senate led by Chairwoman of the Senate's Social Affairs Committee and Chairwoman of the France-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group of the Senate Catherine Deroche.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 7 for Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Kees van Baar.

An international workshop discussing the values and practical application of laws on territory and border was jointly held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Wallonia-Brussels General Delegation of Belgium to Vietnam in Hanoi on September 7, gathering 150 domestic and foreign scholars.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Australia hosted a reception on September 6 in the Australian capital of Canberra to mark the 78th National Day and the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the nation and Australia.