When she takes office as the seventh WTO General Director on March 1, Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO.

“The success of congress is only one step, in which major orientations are outlined. Now it’s time for these orientations to be concretised, detailed, and institutionalised, and not just leaving them on the paper,” Trọng noted.

COVID-19 vaccines should be considered a shared asset of the international community, and delivered to countries at affordable prices with priority given to vulnerable groups and frontline workers, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh said on Wednesday.

Vietnamese Ambassador Trần Đức Bình took office as Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs at a ceremony in Jakarta on Monday.

Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý has emphasised the need to offer COVID-19 vaccine to peacekeepers, particularly those at high risk, such as medical workers at field hospitals and forces operating in areas severely hit by the pandemic.

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyễn Phú Trọng has granted an interview to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the Lunar New Year – 2021.

Nguyễn Quốc Dũng, Deputy Foreign Minister of Việt Nam and  Head of Việt Nam’s ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM), has penned an article reviewing the ASEAN centrality in the year 2020, when Việt Nam has successfully fulfilled the chairmanship role.