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The minister also expressed his hope that the Lao Party, Government, and National Assembly will continue providing mechanism and policy support for Vietnamese enterprises, including military firms, to operate in such fields as telecommunications, information technology, digital transformation, and construction.

The top legislator was the first high-ranking leader of Cambodia to visit Việt Nam since the two countries have successfully contained COVID-19, and on the occasion, he had conveyed the greetings from Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and other leaders to Vietnamese PM Chính.

Cambodia will work with Việt Nam to protect, preserve and nurture the relationship between the two countries, bringing it to new heights and pass on this good relationship to future generations, President of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia Samdech Heng Samrin said

The Vietnamese President praised the results of the talks between Heng Samrin and Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vương Đình Huệ on Monday.

This is Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn’s first official visit to the nation and the first ministerial visit by a Southeast Asian country to New Zealand since it opened the border on August 1.

The move aims to facilitate Vietnamese citizens' entry into other countries as several suspended the issuance of visas to holders of new Vietnamese passports due to the omission of birthplace information.

Minister Sơn thanked the Australian government for providing Việt Nam with 22.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as well as medical equipment and supplies since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out

Both ministers also agreed to intensify cooperation at sea to maintain peace and stability in the region and the South China Sea in their meeting

The two officials shared the view that their strategic partnership has been growing in various areas. Despite COVID-19, two-way trade surged by 23.3 per cent annually to US$8.3 billion in 2021.

Regarding the work of demarcating and planting border markers on land, the two sides highly appreciated the results achieved in the past time in demarcating the border with 84 per cent of the borderline on land marked.

According to the notice from the US Embassy in Việt Nam, applicants who do not have an endorsement in their blue cover passports will not be permitted to interview and will need to reschedule their appointments.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Trương Thị Mai, Politburo member, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and head of its Organising Commission, paid a working visit to Japan from September 9-12.

After one year of being postponed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's dialogue focused on evaluating the outcomes of bilateral defence cooperation so far and defining directions of partnership in the coming years.

Sơn is visiting Australia from September 10-13 to co-chair the fourth Vietnam-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

Political ties have been growing as seen in mutual visits, meetings, and discussions in various forms between the countries’ senior leaders, along with increasingly effective collaboration between their ministries, sectors, and localities.

Governments and armed forces of the three countries have prioritised the tasks of preventing and responding to natural disasters.

The projects include those on stepping up the national industrialisation and modernisation until 2030 with a vision to 2045.

Applauding bilateral relations, especially in politics and diplomacy, trade, and education, Minister Sơn asked the two sides to keep coordinating with each other to bring cooperation on par with its huge potential by increasing mutual visits and meetings between their Parties, States, localities, and enterprises.