Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Yunnan, China, yesterday on the sideline of the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting. 

A common perspective among countries on the risks facing regional maritime security is crucial to build strong co-operation, said Commodore Michiel Hijmans, former deputy permanent military representative of the Netherlands to NATO and the European Union.

The Party and State will facilitate Vietnamese investment and business in Laos, President Trần Đại Quang said during a working session with Vietnamese investors in Laos yesterday.

The 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee kicked off its 49th session in Hà Nội yesterday, during which court-related issues and preparations for the 14th parliament are high on the agenda.

Việt Nam will ensure better fundamental human rights for its people, Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thĩnh said at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday.

The completion of development planning is the focal task of Cần Thơ City as it is the capital of the whole Mekong Delta region, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said yesterday.

President Trần Đại Quang arrived in Vientiane yesterday, beginning his three-day State visit to Laos at the invitation of Lao Party General Secretary and President Bounnhang Vorachith.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has called on China to create more favourable conditions for the transportation and import of Vietnamese goods, especially agro-forestry-fisheries products, in order to improve bilateral trade balance.

President Trần Đại Quang and his wife will make a State visit to Laos and Cambodia on June 12 to 16.