Việt Nam News

Việt Nam condemns the attack on the residence of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Sudan, Spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phạm Thu Hằng said while answering a reporter's query on Friday.

He said the Francophone community, home to a combined population of about 1.2 billion, 16 per cent of the world’s gross domestic product and 20 per cent of global trade, is a highly potential land for economic partnerships. As an active and responsible member of this community, Việt Nam strongly supports and actively engages in the community’s efforts to enhance economic cooperation for member countries’ prosperity and sustainable development.

ASEAN is committed to accelerating the implementation of the social development agenda, the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and its other relevant cooperation frameworks to build a resilient, inclusive community where no one is left behind.

Asia Cooperation Dialogue cooperation needs to transform to adapt to future issues and contribute to effectively addressing global challenges, with focus on ensuring food security, energy security and water security, while enhancing capacity to prevent and adapt to climate change.

Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm’s official visit to France from October 6-7 aims to demonstrate the high evaluation of the Vietnamese Party and State for the Việt Nam-France strategic partnership and to further deepen the bilateral relationship.

Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Lê Hoài Trung had a working session with Communist Party of Ireland International Secretary Graham Harrington on Thursday.

In the messages, the Vietnamese Party leaders expressed their pleasure at the strong, rapid, and comprehensive development of the Việt Nam-Japan relationship, as well as the fruitful cooperation between the CPV and the Japanese political parties.

This is the first visit by a Vietnamese President to France in the past 22 years, aiming at making the bilateral strategic partnership more profound and practical; further boosting the bilateral cooperation, especially in the field of trade, investment, culture, education, science and technology, and cooperation among localities.

Party chief & President Tô Lâm asked the Vietnamese Embassy in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, as well as the future Embassy of Việt Nam in Ireland, to further improve its support for the overseas Vietnamese community.

Việt Nam and Ireland will strengthen biotechnology research cooperation in pharmaceuticals to serve public health care, with a focus on next-generation vaccine technology and the diagnosis and treatment of emerging, re-emerging, and zoonotic diseases.

Prime Minister Simon Harris affirmed that Ireland will continue to support Việt Nam in areas such as climate change adaptation, livelihoods, and humanitarian assistance to address bomb and mine consequences, nutrition, higher education, and governance.

The two leaders acknowledged that the state visit is an important milestone after nearly 30 years of diplomatic relations, and affirmed the importance of further strengthening Việt Nam-Ireland relations.

Progress has been made in cooperation in such areas as education-training, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, electronics, culture, and people-to-people exchange.

Experiencing challenges in the past, both Việt Nam and Ireland now have growing influence on the international stage, Irish upper house speaker told Vietnamese Party chief & President.

Speaking at the get-together, Chairwoman of the Việt Nam-Cuba Friendship Association of HCM City Trương Thị Hiền highlighted the significance of the attack and the Việt Nam-Cuba relationship, founded and cultivated by Presidents Hồ Chí Minh and Fidel Castro, and fostered by generations of leaders and people of both countries.

Under the top leader’s witness, Lê Quân, director of the Vietnam National University, Hanoi, and Dolores O'Riordan, vice-president for Global Engagement at University College Dublin, exchanged a framework agreement on promoting cooperation in education and scientific research, as well as staff, lecturer, and student exchanges.

Businesses are also encouraged to continue their efforts in promoting cooperation with their partners for more effective implementation of the country’s major projects.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính will lead a high-ranking delegation of Việt Nam to attend the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and related meetings in Vientiane, Laos, from October 8-11.