Vietnam treasures and wishes to boost its relationship with the European Union (EU) - a leading important partner in Vietnam's foreign policy, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has said.

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong received Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev, chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, in Hanoi on June 19.

VOV.VN - President Yoon Suk-yeol of the Republic of Korea will play an official visit to Vietnam from June 22-24 at the invitation of Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in its press communique.

The “For peace and friendship among nations” insignias, the most noble award of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), have been conferred upon three US friends for their contributions to preventing the US war in Vietnam, addressing the consequences of the war, reconciling and promoting the Vietnam-US people-to-people exchanges.

VOV.VN - The Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of Ho Chi Minh City (ITPC) and the Vietnamese Trade Office in China on June 16 co-hosted a seminar on improving the quality of food products exported to the China, the biggest export market of Vietnam.

Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang said on June 15 that Vietnam and the EU have effectively cooperated in defence, in line with the Vietnam-EU Partnership and Cooperation Framework Agreement (PCA), the agreement between Vietnam and the EU on the establishment of a framework for Vietnam’s participation in crisis management activities of the EU (FPA).

VOV.VN - Canada seeks to promote the global carbon pricing initiative and expects Vietnam to consider joining this programme, said Catherine Stewart, ambassador for Climate Change of Canada.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs held talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Hanoi on June 14.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister of Vietnam Do Hung Viet and Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Thailand Sarun Charoensuwan co-chaired the ninth political consultation between the two Foreign Ministries in Hanoi on June 13.

VOV.VN - A meeting was held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 13 to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Malaysia.