Việt Nam News

The establishment of the Vietnamese Innovation Network in Europe (VINEU) was announced at a ceremony held in Paris on Thursday.

Việt Nam’s demands that China withdraw its ships out of the Bãi Ba Đầu (Whitsun Reef) in Việt Nam’s Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelago, and respect Việt Nam’s sovereignty.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính had a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and attended a banquet hosted by the French President on November 4 (French time).

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính spoke highly of important contributions made by the parliaments of Việt Nam and France to strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries while holding talks with French National Assembly (NA) President Richard Ferrand on Thursday morning (local time).

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told the administration of Lạng Sơn Province on Thursday morning they must combine socio-economic development with a consolidation of national defence and security. 

The Việt Nam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) will continue to promote its role and prestige in strengthening national unity and solidarity among religions, optimising the strengths of beliefs and religions as well as culture for national development, speakers said yesterday (Nov 4) at a workshop in the city.

Việt Nam is putting measures in place to ensure the ‘absolute safety’ of residents and foreign tourists as the country is set to soon resume international tourism activities.

The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry on Thursday confirmed that an oil tanker, seized by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the Gulf of Oman on October 24, belongs to Việt Nam.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has met with representatives from more than 40 UK enterprises in Edinburgh, Scotland, on November 3.

French PM Castex said France will provide Việt Nam with an additional 970,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX Facility and 400,000 doses through bilateral channel, bringing the total number of vaccines supported to Việt Nam so far to more than two million doses.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Wednesday met with Managing Director of the COVAX Facility Aurélia Nguyen, during which he thanked the COVAX programme for its commitment to providing Việt Nam with 38.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines free of charge in 2021, with nearly 23 million doses having been delivered to the country. 

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính met President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher following the official welcome ceremony on Wednesday (local time).

An official welcome ceremony was held for Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and a high-ranking delegation of Việt Nam at the Invalides Palace, Paris, on Wednesday afternoon

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính had separate meetings with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau and Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).

Teleconference talks implementation of 15th NA’s lawmaking activities

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính attended and delivered remarks at the launch of the Global Methane Pledge under the co-chair of US President Joe Biden and President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen in Glasgow, the UK, on Tuesday (local time).

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Tuesday has witnessed the signing of various cooperation agreements with AstraZeneca, as part of his trip to the UK to attend the UN Climate Change Conference.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on November 2 (London time) met with Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babis, President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkisian and World Bank (WB) Managing Director of Operations Axel van Trotsenburg