Việt Nam News

ASEAN member countries and the United States yesterday affirmed their determination to work closely together to contribute to maintaining peace, security and stability in the region, including maritime security and safety in the South China Sea (East Sea).

Collaboration between ASEAN member countries and Japan, Republic of Korea and China was the focus of the ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, which was held virtually on Tuesday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn yesterday affirmed that the partnership between ASEAN and Japan over the past five decades had been a 'heart-to-heart' relationship and had grown stronger even in the most difficult times.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn attended the ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held virtually on Tuesday, within the framework of the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-54), to discuss COVID-19, trade and the South China Sea dispute.

Việt Nam officially assumes the role as coordinator for ASEAN-the Republic of Korea (RoK) relations for 2021-24 at the ASEAN-RoK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held via videoconference on Tuesday.

The event, chaired by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Prak Sokhon and US Secretary of State Antony Blinkin, is part of the ongoing ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting which opened on Monday.

On the occasion of the Third Turkey-ASEAN Trilateral Meeting to be held on August 9, 2021, Việt Nam News introduces an article by H.E., Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlum, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn on Monday attended the 23rd ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) Council Meeting as part of the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-54).

Foreign ministers of the 10 ASEAN member countries convened virtually at the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (54th AMM) on Monday, discussing a range of topics including the bloc’s post-pandemic recovery, South China Sea issues and the community building process.

HCM City along with 18 southern provinces and cities will continue to enforce lockdown measures in line with Government’s Directive 16 for two more weeks.

Kamala Harris will become the first US Vice President to visit Việt Nam during a trip next month that will also take her to Singapore, her spokeswoman announced on Friday (local time).

 Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng has urged Vietnamese people, at home and overseas, to step up COVID-19 combat and prevention as the pandemic continues to worsen.

Senior officials of ASEAN countries gathered online Thursday in preparation for the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM).

Việt Nam hopes the US Government will continue giving priority assistance to Việt Nam to access coronavirus vaccine supplies and create favourable conditions for partners to research and transfer virus vaccine production technology to the country.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính held a reception for Cuban Ambassador Orlando Nicolás Hernández Guillén in Hà Nội on Thursday, during which the host underlined Việt Nam’s great attention to the close-knit  friendship with Cuba.

Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, head of Việt Nam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, has expressed his concern about continued violence in the Occupied Palestine Territory, particularly in the West Bank, two months after the ceasefire was announced.

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and Vietnamese Minister of Defence, General Phan Văn Giang, have underlined the need to respect international law in handling South China Sea (known Việt Nam as East Sea) issues during their talks on Thursday.

 A delegation from the State Audit Office of Việt Nam (SAV), led by Deputy Auditor General Hà Thị Mỹ Dung, is attending the 6th Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of the ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI) on July 28-29.