Việt Nam News

“With the formal establishment of diplomatic relations on the October 11 of 1971, prospects of how Việt Nam and Switzerland would henceforth cooperate were lifted to a new level. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that not even the most daring visionaries could have predicted the quality and intensity of our relations today."

Years may have passed, but the deep impressions left by former diplomat Lê Đức Thọ as one of the key players during negotiations with the US which led to the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in 1973 – an agreement to end the war and restore peace in Việt Nam – still shines bright.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vương Đình Huệ met voters in Tiên Lãng District, the northern port city of Hải Phòng on Saturday, ahead of the second session of the 15th legislature.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng met voters in Hà Nội’s districts of Ba Đình, Đống Đa, and Hai Bà Trưng, both online and offline, in preparation for the second session of the 15th National Assembly.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính held phone talks with US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on October 8.

The fourth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee concluded on Thursday, completing all its working programme after four days.

Việt Nam has called on countries and relevant sides to address the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Việt Nam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said on Wednesday.

Discussing the results of the five-year implementation of a Resolution on enhancing Party building was high on the agenda in the third working day of the fourth plenum of the Party Central Committee in Hà Nội on Wednesday. 

Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the United Nations, called on the international community to intensify multi-faceted assistance for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) during the UN Security Council’s meeting on the country’s situation on Tuesday (US time).

 The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convened on Monday (local time) to review the implementation of Resolution 2118, issued in 2013, over chemical weapons in Syria.

“We believe that under the leadership of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, Japan will continue to grow and prosper, while its people will get happier,” spokesperson for the foreign ministry Lê Thị Thu Hằng said.

Vietnamese foreign minister Bùi Thanh Sơn said growing strategic competition between major powers has left huge implications to the region, and ASEAN needs to be watchful of developments and strengthen its unity and central role.