Việt Nam News

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn speaks to the media ahead of the first National Conference on Foreign Affairs on December 14 about the contributions of foreign affairs to Việt Nam’s achievements in external affairs and the cause of safeguarding and developing the country in the new era.

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ yesterday met with leaders of the country's leading corporations and businesses, including Deputy President and CEO of Samsung Electronics Han Jong-hee; Chairman of the Board of Directors of SK Group Choi Tae-won and Lotte Shopping and Lotte Mart CEO Kang Sung-hyun.

Việt Nam has just relinquished the chair of ASEAN and is currently a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hopes to build on these successes through The 20th National Conference on Local Diplomacy, which aims to continue improving international relations and foreign affairs.  

The Việt Nam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and other people’s organisations have flexibly responded to the current challenges and renovated their activities to adapt to the new situation, VUFO President Ambassador Nguyễn Phương Nga has said.

Vietnamese President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Sunday sent messages of condolences to US President Joe Biden over the losses of human lives and property as recent tornadoes hit the country’s central region, particularly Kentucky state.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn has called on G7 countries to provide ASEAN with broader access to COVID-19 vaccine supplies during the first meeting between G7 foreign and development ministers and ASEAN counterparts via videoconference on Sunday.

The national defence cooperation between Việt Nam and Laos have been achieved positive results in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, affirmed Defence Ministers of the two countries during their talks held on Sunday.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vương Đình Huệ and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA left Hà Nội on Sunday morning for official visits to the Republic of Korea (RoK) and India.

Ambassador Phạm Hải Anh, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of Việt Nam to the United Nations, chaired a periodical meeting of the UN Security Council’s Informal Working Group on International Tribunals in New York on Friday (US time).

Chairman of the National Assembly Vương Đình Huệ will lead a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly on official visits to the Republic of Korea (RoK) and India from December 12-19.

Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug spoke to the Vietnam News Agency about prospects of bilateral relations between RoK and Việt Nam ahead of the visit to RoK by Chairman of the National Assembly of Việt Nam Vương Đình Huệ

Việt Nam is committed to promoting universal values of human rights, deputy foreign minister Đặng Hoàng Giang told Vietnam News Agency during the International consultation workshop held Friday.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tô Anh Dũng held phone talks with Minister of State for Asia at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Amanda Milling on Thursday evening, during which they agreed to coordinate to increase the efficiency of the two countries’ key cooperative mechanisms.

A high-ranking delegation of the National Assembly led by Chairman Vương Đình Huệ will attend the 29th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-29) via videoconference from December 13-15.

The Politburo yesterday held a national conference on the implementation of the Party Central Committee's conclusions and regulation on Party building and rectification.

“Việt Nam has deployed multiple necessary citizen protection measures to safeguard the lives, the assets, and legal rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens and businesses in Myanmar,” she said, in response to questions over the course of actions for Việt Nam following reports of a telecommunication company suffering from political opposition’s sabotage attacks during the political upheaval in the Southeast Asian country.

Việt Nam is committed to building a Socialist democracy and stands ready to talk with the US on any differences, the foreign ministry spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said in response to queries on Việt Nam not being among the invitees to the US-led Summit for Democracy.

Ambassador Phạm Hải Anh, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of Việt Nam to the United Nations (UN), has highlighted the importance of building trust in solving the chemical weapon issue in Syria.