Defence Minister Gen Ngô Xuân Lịch held talks yesterday with Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, Gen Fan Changlong, as part of the fourth Việt Nam-China border defence friendship exchange.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his spouse arrived in Hà Nội yesterday, beginning an official three-day visit to Việt Nam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.
ASEAN foreign ministers have endoresed a proposal by Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh for the ASEAN-China Summit in November to issue an official statement on the start of negotiations over a Code of Conduct for the East Sea.
Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ on Thursday proposed to leaders of Slovakia that they help promote ties between Việt Nam and the European Union. Huệ paid a two-day visit to the European nation, meeting with Prime Minister Robert Fico and other top officials.
Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán Viktor and his wife will pay an official visit to Việt Nam from September 24-26.
President Trần Đại Quang has asked the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (IRIC) to continue providing support for member organisations in Southeast Asia, including Việt Nam.
Governments have been asked to encourage the private sector, particularly small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs), to get involved in the fight against natural disasters, given their vulnerability to extreme weather.
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee yesterday reviewed the development of the marine economy along with national defence and security in 2011-16.
The traditional ties between Việt Nam and India are developing in a range of areas, from cooperation in defence-security to trade and investment to people-to-people exchanges, Indian Ambassador to Việt Nam Parvathaneni Harish said at a seminar on the prospects of bilateral ties in Hà Nội yesterday.
APEC disaster officials were working on a recommendation to the leaders of member economies to apply more advanced technology in disaster prevention given the extreme weather the region has been facing.
Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has called on the Slovakian government to continue creating ideal conditions for Vietnamese businesses in Slovakia and to ensure equality for Vietnamese workers there.
Top lawmakers yesterday discussed expanding the scope of the Law on Anti-Corruption to the non-State sector.
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee yesterday discussed improving the cross-border transportation of goods as Việt Nam continues to forge deeper ties with its regional neighbours.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called on the World Bank (WB) to intensify its mobilisation of capital from international donors for projects that meet Việt Nam’s development investment needs.
The APEC 2017 National Committee convened its ninth meeting in Hà Nội yesterday under the chair of its President, Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh.
Việt Nam wants to attract more investment from the US, especially in finance, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told former US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who is President of Warburg Pincus, during a reception in Hà Nội yesterday.
Việt Nam proposed a resolution on strengthening intra-regional cooperation to build an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) of equal development and inclusive growth.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc stated that Party, State and Government leaders of Việt Nam and Laos have always paid special attention to border and territory-related issues between the two countries.