Vietnam and Algeria have enjoyed sound traditional friendship over the past six decades, Algerian Ambassador to Vietnam Boubazine Abdelhamid said in an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Vietnam-Algeria diplomatic relations.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Park Jin of the Republic of Korea left Seoul for Hanoi on October 17, beginning an official visit to Vietnam, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea.

The Vietnamese Government always attaches importance to developing its friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with the French Community of Belgium (Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on October 17.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches great importance to strengthening the strategic partnership with Singapore, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong told visiting Singaporean President Halimah Yacob in Hanoi on October 17.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects Australia will further open its market for Vietnamese agricultural and aquatic products to help boost bilateral trade ties, PM Pham Minh Chinh told Assistant Minister for Trade and Assistant Minister for Manufacturing of Australia Tim Ayres at a reception in Hanoi on October 17.

Singaporean and Vietnamese experts have highlighted achievements of the Vietnam-Singapore relations so far and recommended sectors they should prioritise for cooperation in the time to come, on the occasion of the ongoing State visit to Vietnam by Singaporean President Halimah Yacob from October 16-20.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 17 hosted a welcoming ceremony for his Singaporean counterpart Halimah Yacob who arrived in Hanoi on October 16 for a five-day official visit to Vietnam.

A fine arts exhibition is being co-held by the northern city of Hai Phong and the Republic of Korea’s Gwangju city, displaying over 100 works by 90 painters from both sides.

VOV.VN - The 10th Vietnamese culture-tourism festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea, is underway in Seoul and Gwang, from October 14 to October 19.

VOV.VN - Vice President of Vietnam Vo Thi Anh Xuan on October 12 met with Ashimbayev Maulen Sagathanuly, chairperson of the Senate of Kazakhstan, ahead of her participation in the sixth Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA 6).