VOV.VN - The nation always values friendly relations and strategic partnership with Australia, a long-standing traditional partner and one of the countries forming comprehensive strategic partnership with ASEAN.

VOV.VN - The co-operative relationship between the nation and Australia over the past five years has recorded plenty of strong developments, particularly with the flexible implementation of bilateral mechanisms in both face-to-face and online forms.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade is attending the 28th Partnership Summit in New Delhi from March 13-15.

VOV.VN - Australia considers Vietnam a close, strategic partner and a good friend, Ambassador Andrew Goledzinowski told Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang at the Government headquarters in Hanoi on March 14.

VOV.VN - A series of cultural events will be held in April to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties and 10 years of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and France, said French Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolas Warnery at a press briefing in Hanoi on March 14.

Vietnam and Australia have reached the targets set in the action plan for implementing the strategic partnership in the 2020 - 2023 period despite impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Dr Nguyen Hong Hai from the Centre for Policy Futures at the University of Queensland of Australia.

Vietnam attaches importance to developing relations with the Republic of Korea (RoK) and wishes to further deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership with the Northeast Asian country, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai told RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Oh Young-ju.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Republic of Korea will work close together to raise two-way trade to US$100 billion this year and US$150 billion by 2030 in a more balanced direction.

Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang and State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway Erling Rimestad co-chaired the ninth political consultation between the two foreign ministries, focusing on discussing bilateral cooperation as well as regional and international issues of shared concern.

VOV.VN -Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang’s visit to Spain from March 1 to March 3 will contribute to carrying out the Vietnamese foreign policy of independence, self-reliance for peace, friendship, co-operation, development, multilateralization, and diversification of external ties.