VOV.VN - Out-going Canadian Ambassador Deborah Paul has been honoured with the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia for her valuable contributions to consolidating and deepening the mutual understanding, friendship, and co-operation between the nation and Canada.

The Vietnamese Party, State and people always attach importance to the traditional friendship and cooperation with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), said a Party official.

The Vietnam-India Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh city wished to strengthen collaboration with the Consulate General of India in the city and the Indian Business Association in Vietnam in organising more cultural, art and people-to-people exchange programmes.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) in collaboration with the Vietnam-Ukraine Friendship Association and the Ukrainian Embassy in Vietnam jointly celebrated the 30th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Ukraine in Hanoi on January 21.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on January 20 paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister Hun Sen during his ongoing visit to Cambodia.

VOV.VN - Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh has become the first foreign leader to make an official visit to Vietnam from January 8-10 at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Phankham Viphavanh have witnessed the signing and handing over of nine co-operation documents between the governments, ministries, agencies, and enterprises of the two countries.

VOV.VN - The 44th session of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee on Bilateral Cooperation was held on the morning of January 10 in Hanoi under the co-chairmanship of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Laotian counterpart Phankham Viphavanh.

VOV.VN - An official visit to Vietnam by Politburo member and Prime Minister of Laos Phankham Viphavanh from January 8 – 10 will serve to contribute to reinforcing the special solidarity and relationship between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh is scheduled to arrive in Hanoi on January 8, beginning a three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.