Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng yesterday congratulated Haiti for its economic reform and national development achievements.

President Trần Đại Quang on June 19 sent a message of condolences to his Portuguese counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa over human and property losses caused by forest fires in central Portugal.

Tourism ministers and senior representatives of Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) yesterday adopted their 2017 high level statement, which focused their deliberations on promoting sustainable tourism for an inclusive and interconnected Asia-Pacific with a view to further enhancing APEC co-operation on sustainable and inclusive development in the region.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission Trương Thị Mai has assured President of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Mujahidul Islam Selim that the Party, government and people of Việt Nam always treasure friendship with the CPB.

A high-ranking Haitian delegation led by President of the Senate Youri Latortue, on Monday visited with Việt Nam’s National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, with a reception chaired by the chairwoman at the National Assembly.

President Trần Đại Quang received outgoing Israeli Ambassador Meirav Eilon Shahar in Hà Nội on Monday, congratulating her on a successful five-year tenure in Việt Nam during which bilateral ties recorded important strides.

Việt Nam looks forward to discussions with ministers, heads of delegations and delegates from Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) on the challenges to sustainable tourism development to share information and experience with economies and set forth co-operation orientations for APEC's sustainable tourism development in the future.

The Senate President of Haiti, Youri Latortue, arrived in Hà Nội on Saturday, beginning a six-day official visit to Việt Nam at the invitation of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân.

President Trần Đại Quang on Saturday met with former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who helped Cambodia overthrow the genocidal Pol Pot regime and rebound from the years of its tyranny.