International Cooperation

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong and French Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, Economic Attractiveness, Francophonie and French Nationals Abroad Franck Riester co-chaired the 8th session of the Vietnam-France High-Level Dialogue on Economy in Paris on May 17.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Under-Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See Monsignor Miroslaw Wachowski co-chaired the 11th annual meeting of the Vietnam – Holy See Joint Working Group in Hanoi on May 17.

Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on May 17 received newly-appointed Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki who came to present his credentials.

Ho Chi Minh City always respects and appreciates the substantive contributions of European Union (EU) member countries in the city's development process.

On May 15, within the framework of a working trip to Australia, the Ho Chi Minh City delegation led by Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, had a working session with University of Sydney and witnessed the signing ceremony between the University of Sydney and agencies of Ho Chi Minh City.

Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan hosted receptions in Hanoi on May 15 for ambassadors of Armenia, New Zealand, Türkiye and Peru who came to present their credentials.

(CPV) - Vietnam and Denmark have developed a close and long- term bilateral relation on food safety. Since 2017, the bilateral cooperation has concentrated on facilitating cooperation within feed and food safety.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received visiting Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Radan, the commander of Iran’s Law Enforcement Command, in Hanoi on May 14.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 14 sent a congratulatory message to Mikhail Mishustin over his re-appointment as Prime Minister of Russia.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 14 expressed his belief that economic-investment-trade cooperation, especially in green economy and digital economy, will be a driver and a breakthrough of the Vietnam-China relationship.

On May 13, the Ho Chi Minh City delegation led by Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the City People's Committee, arrived in Sydney to begin a working visit to Australia from May 12 to 18.

Vietnam hopes to get further support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to restructure and consolidate its preventive healthcare system, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said on May 13.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Cameron expressed their delight over the two countries’ strategic partnership which has been developed in a more effective and deeper manner, during their phone talks on May 10.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai received in Hanoi on May 10 Lee Sang-Woon, Vice Chairman and COO of Hyosung Corporation – the third biggest investor from Republic of Korea (RoK) in Vietnam after Samsung and LG, pledging to facilitate the conglomerate’s operation in the country.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam has received a delegation from the Australia Vietnam Business Council (AVBC), discussing ways to step up bilateral cooperation.

Juvenal Sakubu, a reputable entrepreneur in Burundi, has been appointed as the Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Bujumbura, the Central African nation’s economic capital, largest city and main port.

The appointment of Vietnam's first Ambassador to the Cook Islands demonstrates a growing interest in fostering cooperation with the island nation and the broader South Pacific region, said Tom Marsters, Representative of King Charles III in the Cook Islands.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Samsung Electronics Park Hark-kyu in Hanoi on May 9, calling on the firm from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to view Vietnam as a strategic manufacturing and export base.

Vietnam rejects the unobjective, prejudiced and imprecise judgements about the reality in the country made in the 2024 annual report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), emphasised spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang.

Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang noted Vietnam’s attention to the BRICS membership expansion while addressing the ministry’s regular press conference on May 9.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also Chairman of the Coordinating Council for Red River Delta Region, chaired the third meeting of the council in Hanoi on May 9.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 8 for Zhang Qingwei, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China.

A solemn State-level ceremony was held on May 7 at the Lao National Convention Center, in Vientiane, Laos, to mark the 70th anniversary of the historic victory of Dien Bien Phu (May 7, 2024).

Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung has confirmed that developing relations with Japan and its localities has always been the priority of Vietnam, and Hanoi in particular.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet attended a dialogue on Vietnam's national report under the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism in Geneva on May 7.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 6 received French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu, who is in Vietnam to attend celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

Over the past half century, since official diplomatic relations were established in April 1973, the relationship between Vietnam and the Netherlands has continuously developed and made great strides, and in 2019, the two countries upgraded their bilateral relations to Comprehensive Partnership. Since then, the two sides have cooperated extensively in many fields, from politics to diplomacy, economics, trade and investment.

Vietnam is highly interested in Funan Techo canal project and respects the legitimate interests of Cambodia in accordance with the 1995 Mekong Agreement, relevant regulations of the Mekong River Commission (MRC), the traditional and friendly neighbourliness between the two countries, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on May 5.

Hoang Binh Quan, former member of the Party Central Committee and former Head of the Party Central Committee Commission on External Relations, was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese Government for his important contributions to strengthening relations and friendship between Vietnam and Japan.

The authorities of Dong Nai Province and Gyeongnam Province (the Republic of Korea) signed a cooperation agreement on May 2, in Bien Hoa city, to promote the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.