VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and President of the House of Councillors of Japan Otsuji Hidehisa held talks in Hanoi on September 5, following a welcome ceremony for the later the same day.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on September 5 received Liu Jianchao, who is on a visit to Vietnam as the head of the International Liaison Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

ietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta on September 4 on the sidelines of the 43rd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings.

A Vietnam-Thailand cultural exchange programme took place in Ho Chi Minh City on August 30 with the aim of enhancing understanding and connectivity between people of the two countries.

President of the Privy Council of Thailand Surayud Chulanont received Vietnamese Ambassador Phan Chi Thanh in Bangkok on August 29, showing his high evaluation of and support for the friendship and enhanced strategic partnership between the two countries.

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong received the newly accredited ambassadors of Ireland, Italy, the Republic of Korea (RoK), and Lithuania who came to present their letters of credence in Hanoi on August 29.

VOV.VN - A workshop on gender equality and comprehensive development in plastic waste management was jointly held on August 29 in Hanoi by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam, and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

VOV.VN - The Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Singapore examined the possibility of upgrading their current strategic partnership established in 2013 to the comprehensive strategic partnership during their talks in Hanoi on August 28.

VOV.VN - Marko Walde, chief representative of the Delegation of the German Industry and Commerce in Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, has suggested that local firms utilize the support of competent agencies, international trade promotion agencies, and associations in order to achieve greater penetration into the fastidious EU market.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Institute of Americas Studies (VIAS) and the Canadian Embassy co-hosted an international conference, titled “50-year Relationship of Vietnam-Canada: Look Back and Forward”, on August 25 in Hanoi.