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.

Vietnamese President To Lam and Chairman of the Lao National Assembly Saysomphone Phomvihane on July 11 reaffirmed the importance and the highest priority they give to consolidating and enhancing the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

The Vietnam People’s Navy and the Philippine Navy held the 7th friendship exchange on Song Tu Tay Island of Vietnam on July 10.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Lao Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Hanoi on July 5.

VOV.VN - President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Phan Anh Son on June 28 presented the insignia “For Peace, Friendship Among Nations” to Swedish Ambassador Ann Mawe in recognition of her contributions to Vietnam – Sweden relations.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Thanh, who is also Chairwoman of the Vietnam - Republic of Korea (RoK) Parliamentary Friendship Group (PFG), had a meeting with members of the group in Hanoi on June 25.

The Vietnam-Japan friendship and cooperation is growing soundly across all spheres with increasingly strengthened political trust, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long remarked while receiving President Sugiyama Naoshi of Japan’s Nagoya University in Hanoi on June 25.