International Cooperation

Botswana always considers Vietnam a close friend and wants to further develop its friendship and cooperation with the Southeast Asian nation, especially in agriculture, health care, tourism, mining, and information-technology, President Mokgweeti Eric Keabetswe Masisi said.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 22 hosted a reception for outgoing Algerian Ambassador Mohamed Berrah, who came to bid his farewell.

(CPV) - "In my opinion another promising field of cooperation - it is transport and logistics fields. Using its geographical position between Europe and Asia Azerbaijan aiming to become a transport hub," said Mr. Anar Imanov, Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Vietnam, in an interview with the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper.

(CPV) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Directorate of Fisheries of the Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on October 21 launched the Mekong Delta Coastal Habitat Conservation project.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will announce a list of medical supplies worth 5 million USD that Vietnam contributes to the ASEAN Regional Reserve of Medical Supplies (RRMS) when he attends the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits, Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has sent a message to General Secretary of the Mexican Labour Party (PT) Alberto Anaya Gutiérrez, on the occasion of the annual 25th international seminar themed “Parties and a new society” held by the PT from October 21-23.

In order to realize the goals of reducing dependence on natural gas and switching to clean energy, Singapore is intending to import electricity from countries in the region by taking advantage of the ASEAN electricity network. Vietnam, with the region's leading speed of transition to renewable energy, is a potential partner of this island nation.

On October 19, Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong, on behalf of the leadership of the Ministry of Health, received 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and 100,000 rapid test kits from Hungarian Ambassador to Vietnam Öry Csaba.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a message of congratulations to Jonas Gahr Støre on his election as Prime Minister of Norway.

A webinar was held on October 18 for Vietnamese and Lao legislators to exchange experience in building the Law on Survey and Mapping, and the Law on National Border.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine and Moldova Nguyen Hong Thach recently joined working sessions with officials of Moldova.

The Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has collaborated with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) of Germany to organize a seminar to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Vietnam - Germany Strategic Partnership (2011-2021).

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung on October 15 held phone talks with the Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Canadian Prime Minister, David Morrison, to discuss ways to promote bilateral ties and cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception for Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie on October 15, during which he spoke highly of the bilateral cooperation.

(CPV) - The U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on October 15 awarded a USD2.96 million grant to AMI AC Renewables to construct a battery energy storage system pilot project in Vietnam.

UK Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth Ward expressed his pleasure with the increasingly good friendship between the UK and Vietnam, when he was received by Secretary of the Hanoi City Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung on October 14.

Secretary of the Hanoi City Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung welcomed the cooperation programs between the EU and Hanoi in the past time, and emphasized that the city always identifies cooperation with EU members as a top priority in the process of city’s development.

The UN Security Council convened a session on October 14 to discuss the situation in Colombia and activities of the UN Verification Mission there.

There are still plenty of room for Vietnam and Belgium to expand cooperation in various areas, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao told Belgian President of Senate Stephanie D’Hose in Brussels on October 13.

Receiving Polish Ambassador to Vietnam Wojciech Gerwel on October 13, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son confirmed that Vietnam always attached great importance to reinforcing multilateral cooperation with Poland, a traditional friend and partner of Vietnam in Europe.

On October 13, flight VN5538 of Vietnam Airlines arrived at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Hungary to transport 560,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 and 12.5 tons of medical supplies for domestic injection and pandemic prevention.

Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh expressed his pleasure to see that the Vietnam-Japan extensive strategic partnership continues to develop strongly and comprehensively in all fields with high political trust.

Vietnam is diversifying energy sources with a primary focus on clean and renewable energy sources, aiming to increase their share in the total primary energy supply to about 20% by 2030 and 30% by 2045.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan lauded the Eurasian Women's Forum’s contributions to connecting and empowering women in her speech at the first plenary session of the ongoing third Eurasian Women's Forum on October 13.

(CPV) - COVAX delivered an additional 1,999,530 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine made available by the United States to assist Vietnam in its fight against COVID-19, the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam has reported.

(CPV) - The United States on October 12 delivered 36 ultra-low temperature freezers to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) to assist Vietnam in storing vaccines against COVID-19.

The Australian Government has just approved a grant of AUD5 million to assist Vietnam in enhancing its competitiveness, reducing carbon emissions and improving people's lives and livelihoods.

Vietnam always attaches importance to the Strategic Cooperative Partnership with the Republic of Korea (RoK) and is ready to work closely with the RoK to optimise existing mechanisms between the two countries to elevate bilateral cooperation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Park Noh-wan during a reception in Hanoi on October 12.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested Vietnam and Turkey exchange experience and closely coordinate in the COVID-19 fight and economic reopening during his online talks with Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay on October 12.

Over the past time, the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and Singaporean authorities have gradually expanded cooperation activities, information exchange, online contact and work to discuss cooperation in the field of cybersecurity and prevention, and combat of cybercrime and crimes using high technology.