VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh passed away in his house in Hai Phong city after a period of illness, according to a committee in charge of ranking officials’ health.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 21 for Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, during which he affirmed that Vietnam always treasures the development and enhancement of ties with traditional friends, including Kazakhstan.

Ho Chi Minh City considers Japan one of its most important partners, secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen told Chief Representative of the New Komeito Party of Japan Natsuo Yamaguchi in their meeting on August 21.

VOV.VN - A delegation from Hanoi led by Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, vice secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Council, held a working session on August 16 with the administration of Washington D.C in the United States.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on August 16 presided over the 24th meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Corruption and Negative Phenomena Prevention and Control.

VOV.VN - The country wishes Bangladesh to step up stronger cooperation across a variety of fields, especially trade and investment, striving to achieve the trade turnover target of US$2 billion sooner than expected.

Member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Party Committee of Ninh Binh province Doan Minh Huan had a working session on August 10 with a delegation of Laos’s Alunmay Magazine led by Vilavone Phanthavong, deputy head of the Commission for Popularisation and Education of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) attended the 6th Meeting of Youth Wing and the 7th Meeting of Women’s Wing of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) held in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar from August 5-7.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Inspector General Bui Ngoc Lam and his Laotian counterpart Sukkhamphet Heuangbutsi held talks on August 7 in Vientiane to discuss measures aimed at strengthening co-operation in inspection work.

VOV.VN - Incumbent Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is also incumbent chairman of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, reaffirmed Cambodia’s policy of strengthening the long-standing friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, during his phone talks with Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on August 5.