VOV.VN - International researchers and experts while attending a recent teleconference reaffirmed the value of the 2016 ruling on the South China Sea known as the East Sea in Vietnam by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 10 had phone talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, examining ways of further promoting the Vietnam - India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in future.

Vietnam treasures and will make positive contributions to the ASEAN-EU strategic partnership, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, head of SOM ASEAN Vietnam, said at the annual ASEAN-EU Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) that was held online on July 8.

VOV.VN - All activities involving exploration, surveying, and scientific research on the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago without the nation’s express consent will infringe upon Vietnamese sovereignty and related rights, therefore making actions illegal, null and void.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung has asked the Republic of Korea (RoK) to continue helping ASEAN countries improve their medical capacity at the 25th ASEAN-RoK Dialogue at the deputy foreign ministerial level held in the form of teleconference on July 6.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on July 1 held a phone call with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to discuss the Vietnam-US relations and international issues of mutual concern.

A Group of Friends on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was launched at a New York event on June 30, with Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and UN Legal Counsel and representatives of 96 member states in attendance.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the development trend in Vietnam - China relations have still been sustained, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Sao Mai.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung and Thai Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs Thani Thongphakdi on June 30 co-chaired the eighth annual political consultation between the two foreign ministries.

Vietnam and Laos issued a 10-point joint statement on the occasion of an official friendship visit to Vietnam by Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith, his wife, and a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party and State from June 28-29.