International Cooperation

Russia is considering transferring technology for the production of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in Vietnam, President of the Russian Federal Council (upper house) Valentina Ivanovna has said.

On the sidelines of the Special ASEAN - China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the 6th Lancang - Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn in China’s Chongqing city on June 7.

Since 2014, Vietnam has sent 180 soldiers to join the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic, South Sudan and the Department of Peacekeeping at the UN headquarters in New York, US.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue held phone talks with the Speaker of Australia’s House of Representatives Tony Smith on June 7 to boost the strategic partnership between the two countries in general and the relationship between the two parliaments in particular.

The proposal was announced at a recent online bilateral meeting between Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Ms. Mary Ng, Canadian Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, on the sidelines of the 27th APEC Trade Ministers' Meeting.

Vietnam and Russia can cooperation in developing information technology (IT) and implementing major projects in this field, a representative of the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) has said.

Russia is going to discuss the cooperation in manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik-V in Vietnam, according to Press Secretary for the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.

Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh said he firmly believes that under the sound leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and with the high resolve of the Government and people, Vietnam will soon contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien on June 2 had a working meeting with Korean Ambassador to Vietnam Park Noh-wan to discuss ways to further increase bilateral cooperation in industry, trade and energy.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has emphasised the need to continue implementing COVID-19 prevention and control measures at the highest level.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 2 sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss bilateral ties, including enhancing joint work to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The cooperation framework agreement on climate change will be the legal basis for agencies and organizations of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) to implement climate change response activities, and promote the transfer and receipt of greenhouse gas emissions reduction technologies in the two countries.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has proposed six important solutions at the high-level discussion held on May 31 in the framework of the second Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) Summit.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 30 sent a letter to his US counterpart Joe Biden to discuss bilateral relations, especially the enhancement of cooperation in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha, on May 28, presented its donation of 33 ventilators to Indian people amid COVID-19 at a ceremony held at the Indian Embassy in Hanoi.

Vietnam always wishes to deepen relations between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Communist Party of Cuba and the United Russia Party.

(CPV) - The French Development Agency (AFD) in Vietnam and the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) on May 26 signed a credit facility agreement for a concessional credit line of USD100 million, aiming at promoting green investments, focused in renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors.

On May 27, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Head of the Party Central Committee Commission of Popularization and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia hold phone talks with Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and Jead of the LPRP Central Committee’s Commission for Popularization and Training Khamphanh Pheuyavong.

Vietnam requests parties concerned to respect its sovereignty and international law and abide by the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

Vietnam has suggested that it and Singapore closely cooperate and support each other in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and accessing safe and effective vaccines.

A ceremony was held on May 26 in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh to hand over Vietnam’s medical supplies to help Cambodia fight COVID-19.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien has emphasized that in recent times, despite the serious consequences of COVID-19, Vietnam and the EU have made efforts to strengthen connectivity by organizing a number of direct and virtual exchange activities.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed his wish to elevate the Vietnam-Australia strategic partnership to a comprehensive strategic partnership during an online talk with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh on May 25.

Politburo member and Minister of National Defence, Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang stressed that the Vietnam – France relationship had seen positive development with a further strengthened strategic partnership, including defence cooperation.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chinese Party General Secretary and State President Xi Jinping affirmed the significance of the Vietnam-China relationship in each country’s foreign policy during their phone talks on May 24.

(CPV) - To mark the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between Norway and Vietnam (1971-2021), and to celebrate nearly four decades of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the fisheries sector, on May 21st 2021, the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Innovation Norway, MARD and VCCI co-organized a Webinar on developing Vietnam’s marine aquaculture on industrial scale.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence has presented medical supplies to support its Cambodian counterpart in the fight against COVID-19.

Deputy Prime Minister and head of the State Emergency Commission of Mongolia S. Amarsaikhan has thanked the Vietnamese community in the country for their support to Mongolians in the COVID-19 fight.

Foreign parliamentary leaders have sent letters of congratulations to Vuong Dinh Hue on his election as Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivered a speech at the 26th International Conference on the Future of Asia that was held virtually on May 20.