VOV.VN - ASEAN Foreign Ministers and ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim-hourn, while attending a meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on July 24 observed a minute of silence in commemoration of Vietnamese Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong who passed away on July 19.

Senior leaders of ASEAN countries on July 24 issued a message of condolences on the passing of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong played a huge role in strengthening the close-knit relationship with Thailand, as well as the people of both nations, according to Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs Maris Sangiampongsa.

VOV.VN - The 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the nation and Colombia was recently celebrated by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and Colombia alongside the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bogota.

A delegation from the south central province of Binh Dinh led by Permanent Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Le Kim Toan paid a working trip to Germany and France to explore investment opportunities from July 17-22, reported the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.

Experts and scholars in many countries around the world have made assessments affirming Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's role and contributions to the cause of national construction and development as well as efforts to build and rectify the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Heads of state and government, leaders of parliaments and political parties of countries and representatives of international organisations have sent their sympathies to Vietnam over the passing of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong.

Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino told Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Ngo Minh Nguyet on July 19 that the two countries should strengthen exchanges to expand bilateral economic cooperation.

VOV.VN - Leaders of countries have sent telegrams of condolence to the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, the National Assembly, the President, the Government, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and people of Vietnam, over the recent passing of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 19 for Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Soltan Bin Saad Al-Muraikhi, who is on an official visit to Vietnam for the third political consultation between the two foreign ministries.