Việt Nam News

The session is held in two stages, with the first lasting until November 10 and the second from November 20 to 28.

ASEAN and GCC should cooperate for growth, with economy, trade and investment as the key pillars, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính at the ASEAN-GCC Summit last week.

The China trip is the first multilateral diplomatic activity of President Thưởng this year.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính met with leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman on the occasion of his attendance at the ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit held in Saudi Arabia’s capital city of Riyadh on October 20.

Lao PM said he will visit Việt Nam soon and co-chair the 46th meeting of the Việt Nam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee in Hà Nội.

PM Chính took this occasion to invite the Saudi Arabian leader to pay an official visit to Việt Nam in 2024 when the two countries celebrate the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations

They concurred to join hands to concretise the “One Journey, Three Destinations” tourism cooperation initiative among Cambodia, Laos, and Việt Nam

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính had bilateral meetings with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., Indonesian President Joko Widodo, and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, on the occasion of his attendance at the ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia on October 20.

The Vietnamese Party and Government treasure the Strategic Partnership with Australia, Politburo member and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Trẩn Tuấn Anh has said.

In talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, Party leader Nguyễn Phú Trọng highlighted the importance of peace, friendship, and cooperation, as well as adherence to international law and the United Nations Charter in handling international issues.

Vietnamese State President Võ Văn Thưởng and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and State President of China Xi Jinping underscored the importance of Việt Nam-China relationship in the foreign policy of each country.

At the ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (ASEAN-GCC) Summit, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính made three proposals for future orientations of cooperation between the two sides.

Governor Al-Rumayyan of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia said that the fund has invested US$160 million in Việt Nam through indirect form.

President Võ Văn Thưởng affirmed that Việt Nam and China are close neighbours and share similar political regimes, development paths, and goal of socialism building.

In the meeting with the GCC Secretary General, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính highly appreciated the role of the GCC and affirmed that Việt Nam attaches great importance to further promoting mutually beneficial cooperation with the GCC and other member countries.

Việt Nam is currently one of the leading countries with a 16 per cent female participation rate in peacekeeping activities, while the average rate for other countries is about 10 per cent.

Participants highlighted the necessity for issuing breakthrough policies to serve as the basis for economic recovery and development.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said the two countries’ cooperation results are encouraging but had yet to live up to potential, and that both sides still have much room for cooperation and also boast many complementary advantages, especially in their priority areas.