International Cooperation

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc held talks with First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz Canel in Havana on September 19.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc's official visit to Cuba once again affirms the continuity of fraternal solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and mutual absolute trust between the two Parties, States and peoples over the past more than six decades.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received First Vice President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (ICAP) Noemi Rabaza Fernandez, President of the Cuba - Vietnam Friendship Association (CVFA) Maria Yolanda Ferrer Gomez and leaders of schools named after Uncle Ho, Nguyen Van Troi and Vo Thi Thang in Havana on September 18 (local time).

Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN), World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva on September 17 hosted a banquet to celebrate the 76th anniversary of National Day of Vietnam (September 2).

A teleconference reviewing theoretical exchange and personnel training between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) for the 2016-2021 period and discussing collaboration orientations for 2021-2026 was held in Hanoi and Vientiane on September 17.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Hanoi on the night of September 17 (Vietnam time) for an official visit to Cuba from September 18-20 at the invitation of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz Canel.

Vietnam and Cuba established diplomatic relations on December 2, 1960. Despite geographic distance, the two countries have always stood side by side, giving each other loyal solidarity, and generous, unbiased and pure spiritual and material support.

If Bahrain is the financial center of the Middle East, in Southeast Asia, Vietnam is emerging as one of the pioneer countries on production, creating leverage to enhance cooperation and innovation, according to Sheik Daij bin Isa Al Khalifa, Chairman of the ASEAN-Bahrain Business Council.

Leaders of the Ministries of National Defence of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea have agreed to maintain and promote existing cooperation, focusing on the field of defence industry.

The upcoming trip of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Cuba and New York, the US, have an inclusive target of implementing Vietnam’s external relations policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, diversification and multilateralisation of foreign relations, said Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang.

On September 16, 852,480 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s and Qatar’s leaders emphasized the need to coordinate to promote online trade and investment, and provide information to connect businesses of the two sides.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is scheduled to hold phone talks with his Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz on September 16 evening.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc is scheduled to hold phone talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 16.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-raking delegation of the Vietnamese Party and State to pay an official visit to Cuba from September 18 to 20.

Deputy Minister of National Defence, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien has appreciated the cooperation between the United Nations (UN) and Vietnam over the past 40 years, especially in the context of the current complicated development of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son expressed his thanks to China’s Guangxi Province for donating 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam, during his phone talks with Party Secretary of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Lu Xinshe on September 14.

In a press conference on September 14, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi announced that Japan would give an additional 400,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam. The vaccines will be transported to Vietnam after the preparation is completed.

Vietnam always treasures and wants to further develop relations with the Republic of Korea (RoK), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said, suggesting Korean Ambassador to Vietnam Park Noh-wan and businesses continue supporting and contributing to the bilateral ties.

On September 14, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs received 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, sponsored by the French and Italian Governments through the COVAX Facility.

Thirty nine Lao and Cambodian students have recently been vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Hanoi Law University dormitory. The vaccination was co-organised by the university and the Lang Ha Ward People’s Committee in Dong Da District.

On September 13, the Israeli Embassy in Vietnam said that Israeli Ambassador Nadav Eshcar had symbolically presented the donation of 10 ventilators, oxygen generators, N95 masks, and disinfected nylon to support Vietnam's prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu held an online talk with Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Singapore Chee Wee Kiong on September 13 to discuss experience in response to COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery.

The handover ceremony of vaccines, equipment, medical supplies and funds during the working visit of the high-ranking delegation of the National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam to Europe took place in Hanoi on September 12.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 12 received visiting Minister of Defence Kishi Nobuo of Japan, asking the country to continue supporting Vietnam with vaccines and helping it to access vaccine sources against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Japanese Defence Minister Kishi Nobuo is making an official visit to Vietnam from September 10-12 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart, General Phan Van Giang.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Chinese State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi held talks in Hanoi on September 11, discussing ways to promote the countries’ comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh attended the virtual 13th Cambodia - Laos - Myanmar - Vietnam Economic Ministers' Meeting (CLMV EMM 13) on September 10.

Politburo member and Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on September 10 co-chaired the 13th meeting of the the Steering Committee for Vietnam–China Bilateral Cooperation.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue arrived in Helsinki on September 9 evening, beginning his official visit to Finland at an invitation of his Finnish counterpart Anu Vehvilainen.