VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has thanked Malaysia for its support and coordination in arranging repatriation flights bringing Vietnamese citizens home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to keep the nation’s borders closed to foreign visitors due to complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic taking place both regionally and globally.

The Foreign Ministry has issued a press communiqué on the agreement on short-term travel between Vietnam and Japan.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong handed over appointment decisions on October 21 regarding Vietnamese Ambassadors to foreign countries for the 2020 to 2023 term and received various Ambassadors and Heads of Vietnamese representative offices abroad at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi.

Vietnamese exporters need to improve the quality of their products and take advantage of online platforms to reach foreign buyers amid the pandemic, especially in Thailand, a seminar heard in Ho Chi Minh City recently.

The southern province of Binh Duong, which is a major destination for foreign investment in Vietnam, has been focusing on developing industrial parks.

VOV.VN - Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has voiced Vietnam’s strong opposition to China’s establishment of Sansha city and Chinese businesses’ illegal operations on Vietnam’s Paracel archipelagos.

Vietnam welcomed more than 3.68 million foreign visitors in the first nine months of this year, a year-on-year slump of 67.4%, heard a press conference held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Hanoi on October 14.

VOV.VN - Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó will make a visit to Hanoi on October 16 as both sides aim to resume bilateral co-operation following a hiatus due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN- The Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) and the Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi on October 14 co-organised a Public Speech Session by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, H.E. Ms Ine Eriksen Soreide on “Multilateralism in a Global Context of Increased Geopolitical Tension and a Multilateral System under Pressure”.