Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held meetings with Australian Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on the evening of June 26 (local time) on the side lines of G20 summit in Toronto, Canada.

As ASEAN Chair, Vietnam has introduced a number of initiatives to realise an ASEAN Programme of Action to build a drug free region by 2015.

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh has described Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni’s visit to Vietnam as a rare and particularly important event.

Vietnam treasures the profound sentiments, great support and assistance that former King Norodom Sihanouk and the people of Cambodia have extended to Vietnam in the past and at present, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet while receiving the visiting Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni in Hanoi on June 23.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will lead a Vietnamese government delegation to attend the 4th summit of the group of 20 major economies (G 20) in Toronto, Canada, on June 25-28.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong called on the government, businesses and people to make a greater effort to overcome challenges and fulfil tasks set for 2010, at the closing session of the NA session in Hanoi on June 19. 

Vietnam considers the EU a priority partner in its foreign policy and wants to build an equal partnership of long-term and comprehensive cooperation with the EU for peace, development in the region and the world.

Vietnam is willing to share experience and boost cooperation with Mozambique, Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh has said. 

The spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry, Nguyen Phuong Nga, on June 16 rejected the US Department of State’s comments on human trafficking situation in the country, saying they are politically purposeful.

A ministerial conference on the United Nations (UN) Delivering as One (DaO) initiative opened in Hanoi on June 16 with the participation of eight pilot countries, 10 countries voluntarily adopting or interested in the DaO approach, 18 donor countries, and numerous executives of the UN system.