VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Defense Micheál Martin agreed on orientations and measures to boost ties between the two nations in the time ahead, during talks held on February 29 in Ireland as part of the Vietnamese diplomat’s official visit to the European nation.

Ten Indonesians and one Malaysian who are crewmembers of vessel Samudra Indah II in distress off the coast of Vietnam were handed over to representatives of the two countries’ consulates general in Ho Chi Minh City on February 29.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has announced a certification programme for foreign teachers at English and computer science centres in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The number of foreign visitors to Vietnam reached more than three million in the first two months of the year, up by 68.7% compared to the same period from last year, as announced on February 29 by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son had separate meetings in Geneva on February 27 with United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, Minister of the People's Power for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela Yvan Gil Pinto, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pam Damoff on the sidelines of the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

VOV.VN - The official visit to Ireland on February 28-29 by Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son will mark a new stage of development in bilateral relationship, developing it in a more intensive, effective and sustainable manner, especially in of politics, diplomacy, economics, trade, investment, climate change response, green growth, education and training, and people-to-people exchanges.

The Ministry of Public Security has proposed a procedure for foreigners’ e-identification registration, which is expected to take effect alongside the identification law on July 1 this year.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on February 26 met with leaders of the United Nations (UN) and heads of delegations to the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, while attending the session.

Authorities of northern Hai Duong province hosted a local reception on February 26 for a delegation from the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Suwon city.

The revised Land Law, recently adopted by the 15th-tenure National Assembly, which includes people of Vietnamese origin among land users and increases interests for foreign-invested economic entities, is expected to have positive impacts on the real estate market and the economy at large.