 
        President Luong Cuong met with leaders of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Vietnamese Studies Programme at Columbia University in New York on September 24 as part of his working trip to the United States for the High-level General Debate of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly.
 
        President Luong Cuong received US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York on September 24, on the sidelines of the High-level General Debate of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
 
        President Luong Cuong visited the headquarters of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations and met with officials and staff of Vietnamese representative agencies, along with representatives of the Vietnamese community in the US, on September 24 (New York time).
 
        VOV.VN - State President Luong Cuong, his spouse and high-level Vietnamese delegation on September 24 (local time) left New York City, successfully concluding the working trip to attend the High-Level General Debate of the 80th UN General Assembly and conduct bilateral activities in the United States from September 21 to 24.
 
        VOV.VN - Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, will lead a high-level Russian delegation on an official visit to Vietnam on September 28-29 at the invitation of Tran Than Man, Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam.
 
        State President Luong Cuong had meetings with Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in New York on September 23 (local time) on the sidelines of the High-Level General Debate of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80).
 
        Domestic electronic transfers worth VND500 million (over US$18,900) or more, and international electronic transfers of US$1,000 (or the equivalent in foreign currency) or above, will have to be reported to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).
 
        The Vietnamese Party, State and people always remember and treasure the close affection, valuable assistance and support that American friends and peace-loving people have given to the Vietnamese people in the past struggle for national independence and reunification, as well as in the present cause of national construction and defence, State President Luong Cuong has said.
 
        Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong stressed the story of reconciliation and healing between Vietnam and the US as a vivid testament to the power of tolerance at a meeting in New York on September 22 (local time) with Vietnamese and US war veterans.
 
        Vietnam always attaches importance to and wants to develop its traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Austria, State President Luong Cuong said while receiving Austrian Prime Minister Christian Stocker on the sidelines of the General Debate of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA, on September 22 (local time).