A ceremony was held at the International Convention Centre in Hanoi on July 18 to present Laos’ National Gold Order and its first-class Freedom Order (Issara) to several senior Vietnamese leaders.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos can expand collaboration in other important fields like national defence and security, border, education-training, science-technology, culture, sports, tourism, cooperation between localities and people-to-people exchange.

VOV.VN - The 60th anniversary of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic relations (1962 – 2022) and the 45th year of the singing of the bilateral Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (1977 – 2022) were celebrated in Hanoi on July 18.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong and a high-ranking Party and State delegation have been on a visit to Laos to attend the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations.

VOV.VN - Axel van Trotsenburg, the World Bank Managing Director of Operations is paying an official visit to Vietnam on July 18-19 with a view to discussing with Vietnamese leaders the evolution of World Bank - Vietnam partnership and areas of World Bank support over the next 4-5 years.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh underlined the need to pay special attention to removing "bottlenecks" on the real estate market while chairing an online conference on July 14 on measures to ensure safe, healthy and sustainable development of the property market.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 13 for newly-appointed UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis who came to present the UN Secretary-General's credentials, beginning her term of office in the country.

The European Union (EU) wants to import tropical agricultural products from Vietnam, EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski told Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh in Hanoi on July 11.

VOV.VN - State leaders and local residents in Hanoi paid tribute to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam on July 8.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai requested appropriate measures be taken to guarantee macro-economic stability and control inflation to avoid economic shocks while maintaining normal production and business activities and ensuring people’s jobs and income.