VOV.VN - Vietnam always treasures its relationship with Laos, considering it to be a top priority in its foreign policy, said President Vo Van Thuong at a reception held on October 19 for General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will head a high-ranking delegation to a summit between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Gulf Cooperation Council to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has recognised and valued the contributions of the external information service to the implementation of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, helping consolidate and improve the role, position and prestige of the Party and State of Vietnam in the international arena.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that businesses and entrepreneurs play a crucial role in the cause of national construction and development when he chaired a hybrid meeting between permanent cabinet members and outstanding businesspeople in Hanoi on October 11.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a ceremony in Hanoi on October 8 to summarise a programme on 1 million initiatives to overcome difficulties and fight the COVID-19 pandemic launched by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese senior leaders on October 7 extended condolences to their Syrian counterparts over the death of more than 100 people and injury of many others after a drone attack on a Syrian military academy in the western city of Homs two days earlier.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has proposed creating the optimal conditions for the European Commission (EC) inspection team, while chairing a teleconference on the promotion of solutions to illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as well as preparations for the fourth inspection of Vietnam’s related efforts by the team.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 6 received Attilio Fontana, president of Italy’s Lombardy region, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Atsaphangthong Siphandone, mayor of the Lao capital of Vientiane in Hanoi on October 4.

The 13th Party Central Committee spent the second working day of the 8th plenum on October 3 discussing several important economic issues.