Việt Nam News

The State leader expressed his joy at efforts made by the local administration, soldiers, and people of Lai Châu to overcome difficulties and challenges to achieve and even exceed the set socio-economic development goals in 2024.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn today receives Chinese Ambassador to Việt Nam He Wei.

Việt Nam's hosting of high-level meetings underscores the country’s proactive engagement in multilateral parliamentary diplomacy and its leadership role in the Francophonie community in the Asia Pacific.

Trade and economic cooperation between the two countries has continued to see positive results, in spite of the complex and unpredictable global situation.

The accession to regional and international multilateral mechanisms is constantly being looked into and considered in accordance with Việt Nam's foreign affairs guidelines, conditions, as well as capabilities

The two Prime Ministers stressed that they would direct relevant departments to effectively concretise the signed agreements and continue to create favourable conditions for the business communities of both sides.

In 2024, bilateral trade grew 32.8 per cent year-on-year to over US$2 billion, including $641.8 million in Laos' imports from Việt Nam and $1.3 billion in exports, rising 32 per cent and 26.2 per cent respectively.

The two sides will seek measures to enhance political and diplomatic cooperation, strengthen security and defence collaboration, promote economic-trade-investment ties, advance educational and cultural exchanges, and particularly deepen the connectivity between the two economies through transportation and business connections.

Party General Secretary Tô Lâm emphasised the need to harness the potential of the people and all economic sectors by building a dynamic and efficient administrative system.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Hà Nội on January 9 morning to visit Laos and co-chair the 47th meeting of the Việt Nam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee.

Within the 47th meeting of the Việt Nam - Laos Inter-Governmental Committee, the two sides will review the implementation of the countries' 2024 cooperation plan across all aspects and discuss directions for 2025.

With nearly 40 years of successful renewal experience, Việt Nam is ready to cooperate with Togo in sharing development experience, building reform policies, promoting international integration, industrialisation, agricultural development, and education and training, culture, and sports.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has called on Japan to promote financial support and new-generation official development assistance (ODA) for Việt Nam to implement strategic infrastructure projects

The President recommended several measures to deepen bilateral ties, including enhancing high-level exchanges and delegation visits to reinforce political trust and create a solid foundation for joint work.

According to the MPS’s spokesperson, the approach to handling such issues involves first enhancing efforts in dissemination and education in the online space to ensure ethical and honest behaviour.

The ASEAN Community Women's Circle of Hà Nội has grown into a network promoting ASEAN cultural exchange and friendship, particularly solidarity among ASEAN women.

Diplomatic activities will play a key role in Việt Nam's growth, especially as the year 2025 will see major national anniversaries and the end of the country's five-year socio-economic development plan.

As both nations are preparing for the upgrade of their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Singaporean President underscored the pivotal role the Ambassador is expected to play, saying that his contributions would be vital to developing the bilateral ties.