Việt Nam News

Vietnamese foreign minister Bùi Thanh Sơn has asked for the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s assistance in the COVID-19 fight to promote socio-economic recovery and restore normalcy for people-to-people exchanges.

 Việt Nam has condemned attacks targeting civilians and essential infrastructure in Afghanistan at a UN Security Council’s virtual meeting on the situation on Tuesday.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged Việt Nam and the UK to continue deepening their bilateral strategic partnership to meet the interests of the two countries and contribute to regional and world peace, stability and cooperation.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Tuesday said launching a national database on population and the citizen identity database was a step forward in the process of transforming national governance.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn on Tuesday chaired the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) High-level Policy Dialogue, themed “ASEM at 25: Strengthening Asia-Europe Partnership in a Transforming World” held both in-person and virtually in Hà Nội.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính yesterday asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel to support Việt Nam’s seafood and fruit exports to Germany.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh suggested several measures to augment the Việt Nam-Singapore strategic partnership during a meeting with visiting Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Vietnamese foreign minister Bùi Thanh Sơn has asked his UK counterpart Dominic Raab to support Việt Nam in getting access to COVID-19 supply as well as consider transferring of vaccine production technology.

Việt Nam will continue to make positive contributions to the United Nations (UN) Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and increase the engagement of female officers in the mission, Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Permanent Representatives of Việt Nam to the UN, has stated.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Monday applauded the Ministry of Public Security for its efforts in fighting crime and ensuring safety for major national events in the first half of this year.

State President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has lauded the widespread and effective development of Việt Nam – Singapore friendship during a reception in Hà Nội on Monday for Singaporean Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan.

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ has reaffirmed that Việt Nam always considers Japan a strategic and long-term partner of top importance with high trust in its foreign policy.

Việt Nam will continue offering all possible support to and encouraging Singaporean firms to enhance investment and trade in the country, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính.

Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Vietnam ASEAN SOM Nguyễn Quốc Dũng on Monday attended the ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (ASEAN SOM) and a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (ExCom SEANWFZ) Treaty Commission, which were hosted virtually by Brunei – the chair of ASEAN in 2021.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn proposed Singapore open markets for key export products of Việt Nam such as agricultural, forestry and fishery, textiles, and footwear products during a physical meeting with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan in Hà Nội on Monday.

A memorial complex to commemorate Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's journey to rescue his country from the genocidal Pol Pot regime was inaugurated yesterday in the southern province of Bình Phước. 

A Vietnamese diplomat has reiterated the call to all stakeholders in Myanmar to immediately end violence, restore trust, begin dialogue and conciliation, and implement the five-point consensus reached by ASEAN leaders in April this year.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc congratulated Antonio Guterres on his reappointment by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly as UN Secretary-General in the 2022-26 tenure, and proposed a number of measures to further foster the Việt Nam-UN partnership during their phone talks on Saturday.