Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Quốc Dũng, on behalf of Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, symbolically handed over US$50,000 as gift to the Ambassador of Myanmar to Việt Nam Kyaw Soe Win to support the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) held its 25th meeting in the form of a video conference on April 9 chaired by the council’s chairman - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh.
The ASEAN Special Summit and the ASEAN+3 Special Summit on COVID-19 Response will be held online on April 14 with Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc chairing over the events as ASEAN Chair 2020, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Quốc Dũng announced.
Việt Nam’s submissions of diplomatic notes protesting China’s illegal claims over East Sea is a normal action to express the country’s standpoint and protect its legitimate rights and interests.
PM Phúc asked the Australian Government and agencies to support Vietnamese students so that they feel safe to continue their study in Australia.
US President Donald Trump thanked Việt Nam for supporting the country in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, confirming that 450,000 ‘Made-in-Vietnam’ protective suits have arrived in the US.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc sent a video message to a teleconference of health ministers from the Western Pacific region hosted by World Health Organisation on Wednesday, with a focus on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc urged Đồng Nai Province to make every effort to complete site clearance covering 5,000ha for the construction of Long Thành International Airport during a teleconference with the southern province’s leaders on Wednesday.
Việt Nam on Tuesday donated 550,000 anti-bacterial face masks to the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain – five European countries hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The High Command of Military Region 7 of the Việt Nam People’s Army (VPA) on Tuesday handed over medical supplies and equipment to some units of the Cambodian Royal Army to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Up to 500 COVID-19 test kits produced by Việt Nam’s Ministry of Science and Technology have been delivered to Indonesia to support the country’s fight against COVID-19.
It urged China to instead focus on supporting international efforts to fight the pandemic.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has requested preparing scenarios between now and April 15 for the second wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyễn Bá Hùng handed over medical equipment worth over VNĐ7 billion (US$304,000) as a gift from the Vietnamese Government and people to their Lao counterparts at a ceremony in Vientiane on Saturday.
Việt Nam has lodged an official complaint with China following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing vessel near the Paracel archipelago, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lê Thị Thu Hằng, said late Friday.
