The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and heads of Vietnamese representative missions abroad are ready to work alongside domestic cities and provinces in comprehensively fostering external relations with other countries, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh.

Việt Nam resolutely objects to China’s recent activities in the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) archipelago and reiterated Việt Nam’s sovereignty over the islands, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokeswoman Lê Thị Thu Hằng said yesterday.

Nguyễn Quốc Dũng, Deputy Minister of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, talked to Vietnam News Agency on Việt Nam’s contributions to the development of ASEAN in the last 23 years.

Việt Nam is willing to cooperate with the Czech Republic to address difficulties in granting long-term visas for Vietnamese nationals for the purposes of employment or business in the European country, said spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Lê Thị Thu Hằng.

Head of the Communist Party of Việt Nam’s Central Committee (CPVCC) Commission for Publicity and Education Võ Văn Thưởng yesterday called on the Government’s overseas representatives to further strengthen their roles as the bridge between Việt Nam and the world.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has instructed the National Committee for Disaster Response and Search and Rescue, to coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies to work out measures to assist Laos on the site of the incident and report back to him before next Monday.  

 Lao authorities confirmed that no Vietnamese citizens were yet reported missing in the disastrous dam break in Attapeu, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.

On behalf of the people of Việt Nam, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday transferred US$100,000 to victims of the recent Japan floods.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is preparing necessary documents to submit the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to the National Assembly for approval by the end of this year.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has instructed the State’s Committee on Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia to continue coordinating with competent and relevant agencies to help Vietnamese-Cambodian people affected by the recent fire in Cambodia overcoming the consequences of the blaze and stabilise their lives.