VOV.VN - General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is a talented politician and diplomat, an exemplary leader of Vietnam, said Assoc. Prof., Dr. Saikhong Sainasin, vice president and general secretary of the Laos - Vietnam Friendship Association, in a recent exchange with a VOV correspondent in Laos.

Stricken by grief is the common feeling of overseas Vietnamese following the news that Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away on July 19.

Deputy Prime Minister of Laos Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune spoke highly of the role of the Vietnam - Laos Friendship Association in the enhancement of bilateral ties while receiving the association's Chairman Nguyen Dac Vinh in Vientiane on July 18.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese President To Lam held a meeting with Samdech Men Sam An, chairwoman of the Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Association, on July 13 within the framework of his state visit.

Members of the Malaysia-Vietnam Friendship Association (MVFA) on June 22 received a free blood test and eye examination package worth MYR520 (US$110) from the Sunway Medical Centre, one of the leading modern medical facilities in the host country.

VOV.VN - President To Lam hosted a grand banquet in Hanoi on June 20 in honour of Russian President Vladimir Putin during his two-day state visit to Vietnam.

The close-knit relationship between Cuba and Vietnam, founded by President Ho Chi Minh and Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro and nurtured by the two countries’ generations of leaders and people, is a symbol of the era and of solidarity, said President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández.

VOV.VN - A seminar was held within the framework of the trade connectivity project "Russian products in Vietnamese hotels" on January 23 in Moscow by the Russia - Vietnam Friendship Association and the Russia - Vietnam Trade Association in co-ordination with the Vietnam Hotel Association.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received representatives from the Romania – Vietnam Friendship Association and friendship organisations with Vietnam in Bucharest on January 21 (local time) as part of his official to the European country.

The Vietnam – Cuba Friendship Association's chapter in Ho Chi Minh City (VCFA HCMC) will continue to promote people-to-people diplomacy activities to increase understanding between the people of Vietnam and Cuba as well as between HCM City and Cuban localities in particular, contributing to further intensifying the special relations between the two countries.