VOV.VN - Swedish band ARRIVAL will make their debut performance in major cities nationwide this October as they celebrate the 55th founding anniversary of Vietnam-Sweden diplomatic relations.

Ho Chi Minh City attaches much importance to developing its ties with Australia, particularly enhancing the relations with the Oceanian country’s localities, a local official said on August 29.

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee's Commission for External Relations and the Vietnamese Embassy in Brazil, in collaboration with the Communist Party and the Workers' Party of the host country, have recently organised a seminar titled "President Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam-Latin America Relations" in Brasilia.

Vietnam attaches importance to further consolidating and developing the traditional friendship with Chile, which was founded by late Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Salvador Allende and has been cultivated by many generations of leaders and people of the two countries over the past five decades, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son said on August 27.

The third Namaste Vietnam (Hello Vietnam) Festival opened in Ho Chi Minh City on August 25, which is one of activities to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and India (1972-2024).

VOV.VN - Vietnam is ready to support Azerbaijan’s bid to become a member of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan told Elchin Amirbayov, special envoy of the Azerbaijan President, at a reception in Hanoi on August 23.

VOV.VN - President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed Sri Lankar’s desire to strengthen the friendship and cooperative relations with Vietnam during his reception for Vietnamese Ambassador Trinh Thi Tam in Colombo on August 21.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man received visiting Lao NA Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Lao Committee for Peace and Solidarity Sommad Pholsena in Hanoi on August 22.

VOV.VN - Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Luong Cuong received General Secretary Paulo Raimundo of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) in Hanoi on August 16.

MP Matt Thistlethwaite, Assistant Minister for Immigration of Australia, on August 15 spoke highly of the development momentum of the Vietnam-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership, including cooperation in national defence-security, and immigration.