Việt Nam always attaches importance to the comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn told his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on Tuesday.

Vietnamese foreign minister Bùi Thanh Sơn held phone talks with his Japanese counterpart Motegi Toshimitsu on Tuesday, during which the two agreed to enhance exchanges at all levels, especially between high-ranking officials, along with collaboration between the two foreign ministries and efficiency of dialogue mechanisms.

Voters nationwide will choose 500 out of 868 candidates for the 15th National Assembly on May 23.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn, as Chair of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for April, presided over an in-person and online ministerial open debate of the council on the theme 'Protection of Objects Indispensable to the Survival of the Civilian Population' on Tuesday.

The National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday morning decided to approve the establishment and adjustment of the administrative boundary of Hà Nội City and three provinces of Thanh Hóa, Đồng Nai and Tuyên Quang at the 55th session.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh on Tuesday sent a video message to the 77th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) at the invitation of Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, UN Under-Secretary General and UNESCAP Executive Secretary.

Japan has promoted its Consulate Office in Đà Nẵng City to General Consulate just a year after it was founded to boost ties between Japan and the central city.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a teleconference on Monday (US time) to discuss the situation in Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan, and activities of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has called on China and Viet Nam to promote their traditional friendship, and advance the relationship between the two militaries of the two countries.