On the occasion of President Vo Van Thuong's State visit to Italy this month at the invitation of Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Antonio Alessandro granted Vietnam News Agency an interview ahead of the visit, expecting that it will contribute to updating the political relations between the two countries and orient their cooperation in all sectors.

Vietnamese-Austria well-known fashion designer La Hong Nhut (commonly known as La Hong), who has won many fashion awards in Austria, has expressed the desire to make more efforts to bolster culture and art exchanges between the two countries through promoting ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) to Austrian friends.

On the occasion of President Vo Van Thuong's official visit to Austria, Dr. Patrick Horvath, secretary general of Vienna-based think tank Foundation for Scientific Economic Policy (WIWIPOL) and a volunteer in Austrian cultural exchange and integration organisation “Asia in Vienna,” has written an article suggesting a three-fold economic policy strategy between Vietnam and Austria.

The US values the comprehensive partnership with Vietnam and will continue to develop it, affirmed US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at her meeting with Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue in Hanoi on July 21.

Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong’s upcoming official visit to Austria will help tighten relations between the two countries, Austrian Ambassador to Vietnam Hans-Peter Glanzer has said.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested enhancing healthcare cooperation between Vietnam and Laos, during his reception for Lao Minister of Health Bounfeng Phoummalaysith in Hanoi on July 21.

VOV.VN - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his entourage left Hanoi on July 21, concluding their two-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

VOV.VN - The legislative bodies of Vietnam and Malaysia will increase cooperation share experience, especially in perfecting institutionalizations for national development.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim and their spouses made a call at the Book Street and sample coffee in Hanoi on July 21.

VOV.VN - Both Vietnam and Austria have high hopes on the upcoming visit to Vienna by State President Vo Van Thuong as it is the first high-level visit exchange held between the two countries over the past decade, says Vietnamese Ambassador to Austria Nguyen Trung Kien.