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.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man affirmed that Vietnam always regards the US as a partner of strategic importance at his reception for US Ambassador Marc Evans Knapper in Hanoi on August 15.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) proposed establishing the National Rice Council to address rice-related issues at a working session in Hanoi on August 6.

President To Lam on August 1 hosted a banquet in honour of Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta, who is on a state visit to Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Vietnamese delegation arrived in Hanoi in the early morning of August 2, concluding a successful State visit to India from July 31-August 1 at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s State visit to India from July 30 to August 1 produced specific and practical outcomes, meeting the expectations of both countries, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.

Indian scholars lauded the outcomes of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s visit to India from July 30 – August 1 while talking with Vietnam News Agency correspondents based in New Delhi.