VOV.VN - Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long on June 8 had separate meetings with ambassadors of Switzerland, France and Australia in Hanoi, to seek the countries’ assistance with COVID-19 vaccine supplies.

The Vietnamese Embassy in France and Montreuil’s administration and people paid floral tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his statue in Montreau Park on May 19 (local time) to mark his 131st birth anniversary (May 19, 1890).

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, voiced his deep concerns regarding escalating tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, with the ongoing conflict leading to growing casualties.

US companies that manufactured the toxic Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin defoliant used by US forces during the war in Vietnam must take responsibility for dealing with the consequences, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said on May 13.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese national U22 team will not compete in the upcoming Toulon Tournament in France due to the complicated global developments relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, has expressed serious concerns from the nation over the recent tensions occurring in East Jerusalem and has called on all relevant parties to show restraint.

The working group for Vietnam-France defence cooperation held a meeting via videoconference on May 5 during which the two countries’ officials agreed to maintain high-level contact and strengthen links in different aspects.

Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on May 5 voiced grave concerns over China’s unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East China Sea and the East Sea, during a meeting of the G7 foreign ministers in London, the UK.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese ambassador to France Nguyen Thiep has been conferred the Legion of Honour, the highest French Order of Merit, from the French President in recognition of his contribution to promoting the two countries’ relations.

Nguyen Thuy Anh, member of the National Assembly Standing Committee and Chairwoman of the NA’s Committee of Social Affairs, was presented the French State’s National Order of the Legion of Honour, Class Knight, at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 22.