Việt Nam News

Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said she highly appreciated Việt Nam's active role in the WTO, including its participation in important rounds of negotiations and contributions to the reform and improvement of the organisation’s operational efficiency, at a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn on Thursday.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính left Việt Nam on Thursday for Japan to attend the expanded summit of the Group of Seven (G7) and pay a working visit to Japan from May 19 to 21 at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio.

The military should strengthen the research and innovation in the fields of science-technology and social sciences and humanities, military science and the protection of the Party ideology protection, stated Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính at the awarding ceremony of the 23rd Military Youth Innovation Awards on Thursday.

The 10th meeting of the Việt Nam-Philippines Joint Permanent Working Group on Maritime and Ocean Concerns (JPWG-MOC) took place in Hạ Long City, the northern province of Quảng Ninh on May 15-16.

"Việt Nam holds sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction towards the waters in the South China Sea in accordance with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea," Deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phạm Thu Hằng said.

These rights are prescribed in the 2013 Constitution the 2016 Law on Belief and Religion as well as other relevant legal documents, and these rights have been upheld in practice, the diplomat said.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn talks to the media in Japan about Việt Nam's participation at the G7 Summit.

Leaders and formers leaders of the Vietnamese Party, State, National Assembly, Government and Việt Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee laid wreaths in tribute to President Hồ Chí Minh at his mausoleum in Hà Nội on Thursday, on the occasion of the late President's 133rd birth anniversary (May 19, 1890-2023).

The Vietnamese Party, State and people always stand side by side and wish to further tighten the special solidarity and friendship with their Cuban counterparts, towards further strengthening the bilateral relations in the time to come.

Two-way trade hitting US$15.7 billion in 2022, up 26.7 per cent year-on-year, which makes Australia Việt Nam's seventh largest trade partner, and Việt Nam the 10th largest trader with Australia.

The 20th ASEAN-China Senior Officials' Meeting on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties (DOC) in the South China Sea (SOM-DOC) was held in the northern province of Quảng Ninh on Wednesday after nearly two years of hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his speech to the ceremony celebrating Việt Nam's Science and Technology Day on Wednesday, PM Chính emphasised the need to prop up the spirit of innovation.

The committee asked for performing five key tasks in the latter half of the 2021-2026 tenure, including socio-economic and cultural development, strengthening national defence-security, well organising external activities, stepping up Party building and rectification, and preparing for the Party congresses at all levels for the 2025-2030 tenure, towards the 14th National Party Congress.

The two countries will make joint efforts to upgrade their relations and further promote comprehensive cooperation in the new context.

The Party and the country have steadily surmounted every difficulty and challenge and continued to obtain important and relatively comprehensive results in multiple fields.

The remains were found by a search and repatriation team from the Military Command of the Vietnamese central province of Nghệ An during the 2022-2023 dry season.

He expressed his hope that both sides will remain committed to strengthening their relationship, creating breakthrough collaboration in cybersecurity, digital transformation, and science and technology.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính will lead a high-ranking delegation of Việt Nam to the expanded summit of the Group of Seven (G7) and pay a working visit to Japan from May 19 to 21.