US President Donald Trump will meet DPRK leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday in Hà Nội.

Enhancing women’s role in politics, business and increasing the number of female parliamentarians in French-speaking countries will be high on the agenda of two important meetings of Francophone Parliamentary Assembly (APF) which convened in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) to continue investing in Việt Nam and accelerate the implementation of projects.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has welcomed an initiative put forward by the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) to shift Japanese investment from other countries to Việt Nam and Mekong River nations.

Việt Nam highly values its relations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and wants to develop them, contributing to peace, stability and development in the region and the world, former Vietnamese Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Dương Chính Thức told Việt Nam News.

Lê Đình Tĩnh, deputy director of the Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies, talks to Thu Vân about Việt Nam’s current relations with the US and the experiences it can share with the DPRK in bringing about the normalisation process.

DPRK chairman Kim Jong Un and US President Donald arrived in Việt Nam on Tuesday, ready for the second DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit to be held on Wednesday and Thursday. Experts continue to share their views on the the historic event.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng had separate meetings with President of the Cambodian Senate Say Chhum and President of the country’s National Assembly Heng Samrin in Phnom Penh on Tuesday.

Vietnam and Cambodia issued a joint statement on the state visit to Cambodia by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong.