Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc addressed the High-level General Debate of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly, calling on countries to continue highlighting the role of the United Nations and join hands for a world of peace, equality and sustainable development.

 Women of the Việt Nam People’s Army (VPA) and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) should continue enhancing exchanges of delegations to strengthen solidarity and mutual understanding, along with bolstering experience-sharing and training.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng received a high-ranking delegation from Cuba led by Roberto Morales Ojeda, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and the Council of State and hosted Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s Commission for Discipline Inspection Zhao Leji.

A burial service for President Trần Đại Quang was held at his hometown in Quang Thiện Commune, Kim Sơn District, in the northern province of Ninh Bình on Thursday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh called for support for Việt Nam’s candidacy as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in the 2020-21 tenure during a programme in New York on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly.

Việt Nam and the United Nations have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Việt Nam’s deployment of a field hospital in South Sudan.

Acting President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh on Tuesday sent condolences to Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli over a recent ferry accident on Lake Victoria in the East African country that claimed over 200 lives and left many missing. 

Memorial services for late President Trần Đại Quang were  held in Hà Nội, HCM City and the President’s home province of Ninh Binh this morning.

Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân said the assembly supports parliamentary exchanges and co-operation with Russia to execute agreements between the two countries.