Việt Nam and Japan highly valued co-operation between the two nations' parliaments, friendship parliamentary groups, and parliamentarians.

The suspect Nguyễn Hữu Tấn had used knife to kill himself in the detention centre of the Vĩnh Long Province Police, the provincial People’s Committee said during a press conference yesterday.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Phạm Quang Vinh has affirmed Việt Nam’s desire to tighten its comprehensive partnership with the US at recent meetings with elected US officials in Washington DC.

The Vietnamese delegation, led by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, made important contributions to the success of the 30th ASEAN Summit, which took place in the Philippines on April 29 and 30.

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan Oshima Tadamori and his spouse will pay an official visit to Việt Nam from May 4 – 6, according to a statement by the Việt Nam National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations.

A flag-raising ceremony was held at the Hiền Lương – Bến Hải historic site in Vĩnh Linh District, the central province of Quảng Trị on Sunday to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975) and the 45th anniversary of the liberation of Quảng Tri (May 1, 1972).

 President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte issued a Chairman’s statement on Sunday, one day after the 30th ASEAN Summit closed.

Southeast Asian leaders renewed the resolve to build ASEAN into an example of regional cooperation at the freshly finished 30th ASEAN Summit in Manila, the Philippines, according to ASEAN Secretary-General Lê Lương Minh.

ASEAN member states need to uphold their responsibility and the community’s spirit, especially a common stance on international and regional issues, towards increasing the bloc’s position in the international arena, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told a retreat meeting in the framework of the 30th ASEAN Summit in Manila, the Philippines.