Việt Nam and the US issued a Joint Statement, affirming to continue stepping up the bilateral comprehensive partnership, at the end of the State visit by US President Donald Trump on November 12.

Việt Nam and Russia have issued a joint statement on their co-operation in safeguarding international information security following a meeting between Vietnamese President Trần Đại Quang and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A new constitution in 2013 featuring several new guidelines and views of the Party and the State, made it necessary to introduce amendments to the law on national defence to “match the present reality,” said Minister of Defence Ngô Xuân Lịch in an address to the National Assembly yesterday during its fourth meeting.

Communist Party of China General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump will make state visits to Việt Nam this month.

President Trần Đại Quang held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the central city of Đà Nẵng on Friday on the sidelines of the APEC 2017 Economic Leaders’ Meeting.

President Trần Đại Quang and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to work closely together to further develop the Việt Nam-Japan intensive strategic partnership in the future at their meeting in the central city of Đà Nẵng on Friday as part of the ongoing APEC Economic Leaders’ Week.

President Trần Đại Quang has reassured Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that Việt Nam always encourages Singaporean companies to invest in the country.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc held a reception in the central city of Đà Nẵng on Friday for Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde, who has been in Việt Nam to attend the APEC 2017 Economic Leaders’ Week. 

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pledged to maintain the provision of official assistance development (ODA) and scholars for Việt Nam during a meeting with her Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, in Đà Nẵng City on Friday.