Việt Nam News

Bilateral trade has surged by four folds to more than US$130 billion in 2022 from $30 billion in 2013. The US’s direct investment in Việt Nam has approximated $12 billion as of 2023, and most major enterprises of the North American country is now present in the Southeast Asian nation.

It is the third visit to Việt Nam by the Chinese General Secretary and President since the end of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in November 2012 in his capacity as the Party General Secretary

The Vientiane leader asked for HCM City’s support in resuming the friendship and cooperation agreement between HCM City’s District 5 and Vientiane’s Sikhottabong district after a temporary suspension due to COVID-19.

Overall, since last year, the relationship between the two Parties and countries has maintained a very positive and robust development momentum. We are full of confidence in the development and future of the relationship," Chinese Ambassador to Việt Nam Xiong Bo remarked.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment blamed the low rate on limitations linked to regulations on the national target programmes’ implementation. The socio-economic development programme for the ethnic minority groups and mountainous areas which has been implemented for the first time lacks experience

The two leaders spoke highly of the results of bilateral economic and trade cooperation, with two-way trade exceeding US$10 billion for the first time last year.

The President suggested that in the coming time, both countries should continue stepping up all-level exchanges and strengthening political trust as a foundation for bilateral cooperation.

Việt Nam always treasures and wants to ceaselessly strengthen its friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Cambodia, the Vietnamese President said.

The event is the fourth edition of its kind, taking place from December 11-19, with 577 personnel taking part, including 45 officers from medical and engineering corps of each army, along with lecturers, communication officers and support staff.

PM Hun Manet conveyed the regards of former Prime Minister Hun Sen to PM Chính and the senior leadership of Việt Nam.

With over 60 diverse activities, the working trip was a practical step in implementing the external relations direction set by the 13th National Party Congress and Directive 25-CT/TW of the Party Central Committee on promoting and elevating multilateral foreign relations by 2030.

Welcoming the delegation at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội were Minister - Chairman of the Government Office Trần Văn Sơn, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Đỗ Hùng Việt, and Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyễn Huy Tăng.

Wei Wei, head of the Vietnamese department under China's central TV and radio station, told Việt Nam News Agency correspondents in Beijing that the common perceptions reached between the high-ranking leaders of the two countries had been comprehensively implemented over the past year.

The visit to Việt Nam by CPC General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping will create more motivation to deepen and elevate the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Phạm Sao Mai said.

This will be the Cambodian leader’s first visit to an ASEAN member country since he took office in August.

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ on Sunday morning offered incense in tribute to President Hồ Chí Minh at a monument dedicated to the late leader in Udon Thani as part of his official visit to Thailand.

With more than 60 activities, the trip fulfilled all goals and requirements set out both bilaterally and multilaterally, making it a practical step in realising the foreign policy of the 13th National Party Congress and the Party Central Committee Secretariat’s Directive 25, raising the level of multilateral diplomacy and further strengthening relations with neighbouring countries in ASEAN, which are very important partners of Vietnam.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính requested the city improve construction and transport infrastructure, connecting the region and the whole country.