Việt Nam News

A talk exchanging information on disease prevention and control, and healthcare activities between delegations of the Department of Health of Việt Nam's Cao Bằng province and the Health Commission of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was organised in Cao Bằng city.

Việt Nam consistently advocates for peaceful dialogue and diplomacy in resolving disputes, he said, adding that in the East Sea (known internationally as the South China Sea) issue

President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel has affirmed he always treasures and highly evaluates the traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with Vietnam while receiving Vietnamese Ambassador Dương Hoài Nam who came to present President Võ Văn Thưởng's credentials in Prague on March 4.

The State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) handed over the E-office project to the State Audit Organisation of Laos, helping the Lao side modernise its operations.

Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Minh Vũ and Russian First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Vladimir Titov co-chaired the 13th Vietnam – Russia diplomacy - defence - security strategy dialogue in Hà Nội

Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang has proposed US consumer goods giant P&G consider expanding its partnership with Việt Nam and facilitating the entry of Vietnamese firms into its global supply chain.

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyễn Tấn Cương had bilateral meetings with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath, and Cambodian Deputy Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Tea Siha in Luang Prabang, Laos.

He is set to hold discussions with Australian and ASEAN leaders to put forward visions, directions and specific measures to expand their cooperation in the future.

As Australia is granting a relatively large number of scholarships to foreign students, including those from ASEAN countries, the two sides should launch a prestigious scholarship programme with priority given to research students.

The industrial park has been under construction since September 2020 by Becamex IDC Corporation and VSIP Group, with a total investment of VNĐ7.5 trillion (US$303 million), belonging to sub-division No 7 of Nhơn Hội Economic Zone.

This is the first visits by a Vietnamese PM to Australia and New Zealand in seven years and also the first by PM Chính to the two countries in his role as Government leader of Việt Nam.

Education and training have been important cooperation pillars in the Australia-Vietnam relations since the “Doi Moi” (Renewal) cause was implemented in Vietnam, held Suiwah Edna Leung, Honorary Associate Professor at the Australian National University (ANU) Crawford School of Public Policy.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, his spouseLê Thị Bích Trân and the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on March 4 morning for the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Australia dialogue relations, and official visits to Australia and New Zealand from March 5 – 11.

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ had a working session with representatives of the Party Committee of the south-central province of Khánh Hòa on March 2, as part of his working trip to the locality.

The PM underlined the necessity to renovate traditional growth drivers and promote motivations from investment, exports and consumption, while speeding up the expansion of new growth motivations from institution completion, resources exploitation, and the development of six socio-economic regions, tapping opportunities from the shifting of the global and regional supply chains, and promoting digital transformation and green transition.

The leaders of ASEAN member states and Timor-Leste are descending on Melbourne for a Special Summit to celebrate 50 years since Australia became ASEAN’s first Dialogue Partner in 1974 – an achievement of which Australia is very proud, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski has said in his op-ed on the upcoming big event.

Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry Francesco Lollobrigid said Italy hopes to become Việt Nam's leading agricultural partner in the EU, believing that more Italian agricultural products would be present in Việt Nam and the Asia-Pacific. Italy will actively urge relevant EU agencies to remove the yellow card warning on Vietnamese seafood at the earliest, he added.

According to Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Phạm Hùng Tâm to Australia, Việt Nam and Australia have become one of each other's top 10 trading partners, with two-way trade reaching US$13.8 billion in 2023. Australia has 621 investment projects in Việt Nam, which invests in 92 projects in Australia.