Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on September 20 signed the United Nations agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, making Vietnam one of the first countries to sign the international-legally binding instrument under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of the Salomon Islands Jeremiah Manele, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Uganda Henry Oryem Okello.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 21 for President and CEO of Mitsui Oil Exploration Co., Ltd. (MOECO) Hidenori Harada.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien and United States Assistant Secretary of Defence Dr Ely Ratner recently co-hosted the annual Vietnam – US Defence Policy Dialogue in Washington, D.C.

The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam - Japan diplomatic relations (September 21, 1973 - September 21, 2023). During the past 50 years, the relations between the two countries have been strengthening and developing in fields.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has proposed relevant agencies of Vietnam and the US work together to complete new cooperation frameworks to lay a foundation for the two sides further promote and deepen bilateral cooperative relations, especially in the strategic fields of science-technology; innovation, green growth; sustainable and green energy transition; response to climate change.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted separate receptions for Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Gerd Müller and Chief Programme Officer at the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) Aurélia Nguyen in New York on September 20 (local time).

VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches importance to and supports the UN’s central role in the global administration system as a means of coping with some of the current major challenges facing the world.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined other world leaders on September 20 (local time) for the Climate Ambition Summit and the UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response in New York as part of the high-level week of the 78th UN General Assembly.

VOV.VN -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received leaders of several leading economic corporations based in the United States and internationally, including SpaceX, Coca-Cola, Pacifico Energy, and Medtronic on September 20 as part of his trip to attend the high-level week of the UN General Assembly's 78th session and bilateral activities in the country.