The first political consultation between the foreign ministries of Vietnam and the Philippines took place in Hanoi on August 1.

VOV.VN - Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Enrique Manalo will pay an official visit to Vietnam and co-chair the 10th session of the Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation between the two countries on August 1-2, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in its recent press communique.

VOV.VN - Tourists from the Philippines make up the biggest spenders, with their spending rising from US$1,124 in 2017 to US$2,257 in 2019 per trip during their trip to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The low pressure zone in the eastern sea area of the central Philippines has developed into a tropical depression, and is forecast to head towards the East Sea, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

Vietnam remained the biggest rice provider of the Philippines in the first five months of this year with turnover of US$772.4 million, surging 31.1% year-on-year.

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 12 extended congratulatory messages to Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on the country’s Independence Day (June 12, 1898-2023).

VOV.VN - Sixty out of 437 Vietnamese nationals rescued by the Philippine authorities from a suspected human trafficking ring returned to Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport on May 30 morning.

VOV.VN - Vietnam resolutely opposes actions that infringe upon Vietnam’s sovereignty and related rights over the Truong Sa (Spratly) and Truong Sa (Paracel) archipelagoes in the East Sea, said a deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on the sidelines of the ongoing 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, on May 10.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has instructed its Consular Department to contact the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam and ask for support in assisting the Vietnamese citizens among the over 1,000 forced labourers recently rescued in Pampanga province of the archipelago nation.