VOV.VN - A series of cultural events will be held in April to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties and 10 years of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and France, said French Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolas Warnery at a press briefing in Hanoi on March 14.

Vietnam and Australia have reached the targets set in the action plan for implementing the strategic partnership in the 2020 - 2023 period despite impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Dr Nguyen Hong Hai from the Centre for Policy Futures at the University of Queensland of Australia.

Vietnam attaches importance to developing relations with the Republic of Korea (RoK) and wishes to further deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership with the Northeast Asian country, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai told RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Oh Young-ju.

VOV.VN -Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang’s visit to Spain from March 1 to March 3 will contribute to carrying out the Vietnamese foreign policy of independence, self-reliance for peace, friendship, co-operation, development, multilateralization, and diversification of external ties.

VOV.VN -Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairwoman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians Group, Truong Thi Mai on February 27 received Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan - Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance (JVFPA) who is on a visit to Vietnam for the 8th Vietnam - Japan Festival 2023.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh held talks with visiting First Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of Federal Assembly of Russia (upper house) Andrey Yatskin in Hanoi on February 17, during which the host highlighted Russia as one of the prioritised and most important partners in Vietnam’s external policy.

Vietnam always values the development of extensive strategic partnership with Japan, in which bilateral defence cooperation has made solid progress, said Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) and Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Tan Cuong on February 13.

The multifaceted cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and the Singaporean Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), especially in security, has helped intensify the two countries’ strategic partnership as well as regional and global stability and peace.

VOV.VN - The Straits Times of Singapore published an article on February 7 highlighting the upcoming three-day official visit to the city state by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

VOV.VN -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s upcoming visit to Singapore is of great significance as it is an opportunity for him and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong to enhance relations between the two Governments and States, thereby contributing to co-operation within ASEAN and ASEAN Plus.