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Sơn affirmed that Việt Nam always attaches importance to developing its comprehensive relations with France, through all the Government, legislature and party channels.

The diplomat highlighted that Vietnamese Government and UNDP share a thorough understanding of the central importance of government ownership, and of public sector administrative and technical capacity as well as the criticality of learning from policy and programmatic experiments, and sharing lessons learned.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn met with President of the French Senate Gérard Larcher in Paris yesterday, as part of his working visit to France.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vương Đình Huệ asked the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) to effectively implement the Party’s guidelines and the State’s policies and laws on vocational training, while concluding a question and answer session of the 15th legislature’s fifth meeting in Hà Nội on June 6.

In the future, the business and production are predicted to continue to experience more challenges, especially at sectors using a large number of labourers such as leather footwear, textile.

The COVID-19 pandemic has partly affected the two countries' trade activities with the two-way trade reaching about $1.65 billion in 2022. However, it remains a bright spot in the two countries’ relations.

The two ministers agreed to continue facilitating visits and contacts at all levels in the coming time, especially between senior leaders. They also vowed to maintain cooperation mechanisms, including resuming the strategic security and defence dialogue at the deputy ministerial level between the two countries’ foreign and defence ministries, as well as holding political consultations at the department head level between the two foreign ministries.

Sơn vowed to partner with agencies concerned to best meet the legitimate aspirations of the Vietnamese communities worldwide and in France, and wished that they would continue making positive contributions to the host country while popularising Vietnamese identity globally.

A once-in-a-lifetime experience! That’s how staff at a bia hơi in Hà Nội felt last Saturday after Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese popped in for a beer or two! They say he’s their most famous guest and now they’ve a signed sign on the wall to mark the occasion.

The deputies agreed on the need to make comprehensive amendment of the Law on Housing, thereby fully institutionalising the guidelines and policies of the Party and the State on housing.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng had a meeting in Hà Nội on June 5 with the group of female deputies of the 15th National Assembly, during which he asked them to continue to adopt reforms to improve the quality and efficiency of their activities.

Minister of Public Security Gen. Tô Lâm hosted a reception in Hà Nội on June 5 for a delegation of the National Police Agency (NPA) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) led by Commissioner General Yoon Hee-keun.

In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s resident correspondents in Paris, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Đinh Toàn Thắng said it is the first visit to France by a Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs since the two countries upgraded their relationship to a strategic partnership a decade ago

The trip, made at the invitation of Malaysian and Indonesian navies, aims to consolidate and strengthen the good friendship and cooperation between the Việt Nam People’s Army and People’s Navy and those of other countries.

Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoàng Xuân Chiến attended plenary sessions and bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the event.

President Võ Văn Thưởng on June 4 received Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is on a two-day official visit to Vietnam starting June 3.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng received leader of the Australian Labour Party and Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese in Hà Nội on June 4.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vương Đình Huệ met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is on an official visit to Vietnam, in Hà Nội on June 4.