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.

The 31st Meeting of the States Parties to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is taking place at the UN headquarters in New York from June 21 to 25.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 22 suggested Germany create favourable conditions for Vietnam to early access vaccine supplies and transfer vaccine production technology to the Southeast Asian nation.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged Vietnam and the UK to continue deepening their bilateral strategic partnership to meet the interests of the two countries and contribute to regional and world peace, stability and cooperation.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has suggested that the UK continue to support Vietnam in accessing supplies and consider transferring technology for COVID-19 vaccine production in the spirit of both side’s strategic partnership.

Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Vietnam ASEAN SOM Nguyen Quoc Dung on June 21 attended the ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (ASEAN SOM) and a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty Commission, which were hosted virtually by Brunei.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always considers Japan as an extensive, important and long-term strategic partner in its foreign policy, and wants to boost this extensive strategic partnership with Japan, says National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and re-appointed UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres have affirmed their recognition of the importance to and expressed their elation at the positive developments of the Vietnam-UN relationship over the past time during their online phone talks on June 19.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, has invited him to visit China at an appropriate time, during their phone talks on June 17.

VOV.VN - Vietnam places importance on relations with neighbours, regional countries and strategic partners, including Singapore, has said Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat.