Việt Nam News

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính attended a policy dialogue about development orientations of Việt Nam in the 21st century with professors of the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 14 (US time) as part of his working trip to the US.             

The recently concluded ASEAN-US Special Summit, taking place after a five-year hiatus and marking the 45th anniversary of the sides’ dialogue relations, has demonstrated the US’s determination and strong efforts and is vivid proof of their appreciation of such ties as well as commitment to and wish to promote it.

 Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính met with staff  of the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington D.C and representatives from the Vietnamese community on the east coast of the US on May 14 (US time).

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has delivered a presentation on building an economy of independence and extensive, effective international integration in Việt Nam during his visit to the Harvard Kennedy School in Boston, US on May 14 (US time).

 Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính’s working visit to the United Nations (UN) sends out a strong message and is an opportunity for Vietnam to affirm its foreign policy and its commitment as a friend and an active and responsible member of the international community, Ambassador Đặng Hoàng Giang, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN, has said.

Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn, who is accompanying Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính during his US trip, met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Washington DC on May 13 (local time).

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính met with his Lao counterpart Phankham Viphavanh in Washington DC on May 13 afternoon (US time)

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said he hopes major powers, who are all partners to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to work towards stable relations and responsible, healthy competition, for the sake of regional and global peace and security.

The United States and ASEAN countries’ leaders have met for the US-ASEAN Special Summit in Washington on May 12-13. Following is the full text of the statement:

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Friday called on the defence ministries of Việt Nam and Indonesia to bolster consultations and support each other at multilateral forums, and maintain the common stance of ASEAN on regional issues, including the South China Sea.

The official visit to Laos by Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vương Đình Huệ on May 15-17 holds great significance and will actively contribute to the great relationship between the two legislative bodies and their countries, said Chairman of the Lao NA Saysomphone Phomvihane during an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency ahead of the trip.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính held a reception for US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Washington DC on May 13 (US time), as part of his working visit to the US and the United Nations.

Vietnamese Minister of National Defence General Phan Văn Giang met his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto on Friday and suggested the two countries strengthen the sharing of maritime information.

Việt Nam’s level-two Field Hospitals No. 3 and 4 on Thursday delivered charity gifts to the refugees at Protection of Civilians sites in South Sudan, one of their many activities to support local people. 

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on his  working visit to the US and the United Nations, met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington D.C on May 13 morning (US time).

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hosted the visiting Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party's (LPRP) Central Committee and President of the Lao People’s Supreme Court Viengthong Siphandone in Hà Nội on Friday.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and leaders of ASEAN countries attended a reception hosted by President Biden at the White House on the evening of May 12 (US time).

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has had a meeting with US President Joe Biden on May 12 (US time) as part of his trip to the US for the Special ASEAN-US Summit held in Washington DC.