Việt Nam News

The establishment of the Bangladesh-Vietnam Friendship Society (BVFS) in early 2023 was a milestone, helping to enhance understanding and friendship between the people of the two countries, as well as the bilateral relationship.  

Ambassador Nguyễn Trung Kiên affirmed Việt Nam’s consistent stance on supporting non-proliferation, towards the complete and thorough disarmament of nuclear weapons, and stressed the need to ensure the balance among the three pillars of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

Chairman of the National Assembly Vương Đình Huệ held meetings with Shah Alam, President of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), and Rashed Khan Menon, President of the Workers Party of Bangladesh (WPB) and Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Welfare (PSCSW) during the official visit to Bangladesh on Friday.

During his stay in Bulgaria, Huệ will hold talks and meetings with senior Bulgarian leaders, attend a law policy forum to promote bilateral cooperation, and deliver a policy speech at the University of National and World Economy in Sofia capital.

The Vietnamese leader expressed his pleasure at the practical and effective development of the comprehensive Việt Nam-Japan Strategic Partnership while affirming that Việt Nam always regards Japan as a good friend who accompanies and shares, supports Việt Nam in the process of national construction and growth.

Recognising Bangladesh as a country with 170 million people and a potential market for Vietnamese businesses, NA Chairman Huệ announced that a business forum would be organised during this visit with the participation of hundreds of businesses from both sides.

The ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information is an important forum for member states and dialogue countries to exchange and identify future priorities and directions for cooperation.

Tonga is a Pacific island nation located more than 5,200 km west of Australia. It consists of 169 small islands with a total land area of 748 sq.km and a population of over 106,000 people (as of 2022).

The second defence policy dialogue between Việt Nam and Canada took place in Ottawa on September 21 under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoàng Xuân Chiến and his Canadian counterpart Bill Matthews.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn joined nearly 150 ministers and representatives from UN member countries at a preparatory ministerial meeting for the 2024 Summit of the Future in New York on September 21 (local time).

The PM expressed support of current priorities of the UN Secretary General, including the preparations for the Summit of the Future which is scheduled to be held in 2024, the Initiative on the "New Agenda for Peace", the Plan to promote Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate change responses.

PM Chính proposed that the US continue backing Việt Nam's efforts to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and implement the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), especially in developing the renewable energy industry.

Việt Nam and Japan will continue the future hand-in-hand cooperating journey more firmly, cohesively and effectively by the sincere heart-to-heart connection between the people of the two countries, the support as well as the consensus of the leaders of Việt Nam and Japan.

The Party Central Committee Inspection Commission has given a warning to the Party Affairs Committee of the Quang Ninh provincial People's Committee in the 2011-2016 and 2016-2021 tenures and several officials and former officials of the province as a disciplinary measure, at its 32nd meeting in Hà Nội.

The meetings took place on the occasion of their attendance in the high-level general debate of the United Nations General Assembly.

The exhibition, organised by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), displayed 20 large-format photographs carefully selected from the VNA’s archives.

President Thưởng said the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Việt Nam and Laos in recent times has always been strengthened and developed, achieving practical results in all aspects. The two countries’ agencies and localities have regularly engaged in exchanges and cooperation.

Việt Nam and Bangladesh relations have seen positive development despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with bilateral trade turnover increased to US$1.5 billion in 2022 and is heading towards the goal $2 billion.