International Cooperation

(CPV) - Vietnam – India comprehensive strategic partnership spans many fields. The converging vision towards the common interests of the two countries also plays an important role in promoting bilateral relations.

A ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vietnam – India diplomatic ties (January 7) was held both online and offline in Hanoi on January 6.

A ceremony was held recently by the Can Tho City Department of Foreign Affairs to receive medical equipment support for COVID-19 prevention from Japan’s Okayama Prefecture and the Republic of Korea’s Jeollanamdo Province.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung shared in the loss and grief caused to the US people by recent natural disasters, and expressed his belief that under the leadership of President Biden, the US government and people will soon surmount the consequences of the disaster in Kentucky.

Secretary of the Party Committee and Governor of Laos’ Khammouane Province Vansay Phongsavan stated that the Laos-Vietnam friendship vocational school is a vivid manifestation of the Laos-Vietnam great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation.

Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh will lead a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Government to pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 8 to 10 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh.

Head of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Commission on Organization Sisay Leudetmounsone has expressed his delight at the deepening and effective relations between Vietnam and Laos in all fields, bringing practical benefits to the people of each country.

In 2022, the Indian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City will coordinate with the city and southern Vietnamese localities to organize diverse diplomatic, cultural and people-to-people events to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam – India diplomatic relationship.

This is one of the key tasks in the plan of Directive 25/CT-TTg dated September 10, 2021 of the Prime Minister on accelerating the implementation of Vietnam's foreign cultural strategy in the period 2022 - 2026 which has just been issued by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnam has completed all the goals set out in the 2020-2021 term with the cooperation of colleagues from other member countries of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy has said.

The diplomatic sector has successfully completed its tasks, while significantly contributing to the COVID-19 fight, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son said in his recent article on the occasion of New Year 2022.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has sent his congratulations to First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel on the occasion of Cuba’s 63th National Day (January 1, 1959 - 2022).

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has delivered a message following Vietnam’s fulfillment of its term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

The Russian Federation’s localities are willing to further promote effective cooperation with Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces and cities of Vietnam.

During the reception for Thai Ambassador to Vietnam Nikorndej Balankura on December 30, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son suggested that the two sides soon complete the Vietnam - Thailand action program for the period of 2022-2026; and continue to facilitate trade, striving to bring the bilateral trade turnover to USD25 billion.

Joining hands with the international community today is a new Vietnam that is confident and willing to shoulder international responsibilities for peace and sustainable development, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in a message on the occasion of Vietnam’s successful completion of its tenure as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2020-2021.

Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), on December 29 hosted a reception for a group of experts from the Japanese Ministry of Defence who is on a working visit to Vietnam to assist the country in the deployment of sapper team No 1 to join the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Abyei (UNISFA).

The Ministry of Health (MoH) on December 29 received 100,000 doses of the Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine presented by Russia to support Vietnam’s COVID-19 fight.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee held a meeting with heads of Vietnamese diplomatic representative agencies abroad (2021-2024 tenure), in Hanoi on December 29.

Russian localities wish and stay ready to further boost effective cooperation with Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam’s southern localities, new Russian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Timur Sadykov told the press on December 29.

The 16th theoretical workshop between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held virtually on December 29.

Vietnam and Laos held an online meeting to review the pilot implementation of the one-stop-shop inspection model at the Lao Bao (Quang Tri) – Densavan (Savannakhet) border gate pair on December 29.

On December 28, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony to receive 80,000 medical masks for COVID-19 prevention from Gangwon Province (the Republic of Korea).

Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi has affirmed that despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021, the cooperative relationship between Vietnam and Cuba was still maintained and developed through strengthening political dialogue and high-level communications.

On December 28, Korean organizations held a ceremony to hand over 8 used ambulances and a number of specialized medical supplies to Vietnam for the fight against COVID-19.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Lao counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith co-chaired the 8th ministerial-level political consultation in Hanoi on December 28.

Vietnam has excellently completed its role as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2020-2021 tenure, achieving all set goals for the tenure amidst complicated and unpredictable socio-economic, political, and security developments as well as unprecedented challenges, including the widespread impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The two sides expressed their hope that the COVID-19 pandemic would soon be controlled in 2022, facilitating exchanges, connections, cooperation and investment promotion between Da Nang and Russian localities.

A seminar on the role of crisis settlement in economic diplomacy in the Middle East-Africa took place in Hanoi on December 24.

On December 23, Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni authorized the leader of the Development Department under the Cambodian Ministry of National Defence to award the Order of Monisaraphon class Moha Sena to Colonel Dinh Van Doi, Director of An Giang Provincial Public Security.