ASEAN defence senior officials held a video conference on Friday to share experiences of ASEAN defence forces in preventing the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss future co-operation direction for disease response.

Việt Nam stands ready to cooperate with countries, including Canada, in recovering the global trade and supply chain, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh told Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne during their phone talks on Thursday.

Chaired by Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng, the PCC elected an additional two members to the PCC’s Inspection Commission, 12th tenure.

The Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee, the National Assembly, the President, the Government, and the Việt Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee on Wednesday sent a message of condolences to their Lao counterparts over the recent passing of former Prime Minister Sisavath Keobounphanh.

The Vietnamese diplomat asserted Việt Nam’s support for the full implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, and activities of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in line with the convention.

At the handover ceremony, Hà Nội presented 100,000 antibacterial cloth face masks and 50,000 medical face masks to Moscow, along with another 50,000 masks to the Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnamese community in Russia.