International Cooperation

Director of the Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vu Viet Anh on September 22 handed over a consular certificate to Ms. Emily Florence Hamblin, UK Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City.

The University of Da Nang will provide university training for Lao and Cambodian high school graduates, and higher education for these two countries’ university or master graduates.

An online international workshop reviewing 50 years of Vietnam – Sri Lanka relations was held on September 22, in order to assess the relationship between the two countries on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic ties (July 21), thus building new visions and perspectives.

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has sent a message of sympathy to PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc over serious human and asset losses in Vietnam’s central region caused by storm Noul.

The following is the remarks by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the United Nations General Assembly High-level meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the UN in New York on September 21.

On September 20, 1977, the official ceremony of the Vietnamese flag salute took place at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, US, opening a period of cooperation and development between Vietnam and the UN.

Valuable documents and objects demonstrating military cooperation between Vietnam and the former Soviet Union (now Russia) during the Southeast Asian nation’s struggle for national liberation are being displayed at an exhibition that opened in Saint Petersburg on September 17.

Mr. Hoang Binh Quan, member of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and head of its Commission for External Relations, held online talks with General Secretary of Mexico’s Labour Party (PT) Alberto Anaya on September 18, seeking ways to maintain and enhance the traditional and friendly relationship between the two Parties and peoples amid COVID-19.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 18 proposed pushing ahead with the resumption of visits by leaders of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) and effectively maintaining dialogues in flexible forms.

Minister of Public Security To Lam highly appreciated Thai Ambassador Tanee Sangrat's positive contributions in deepening the strategic relationship between Vietnam and Thailand in general, and between the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and Thai law enforcement agencies in particular.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Thanh Son, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations under Ministry of Public Security, on September 16 presented 20,000 antibacterial face masks from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security to the Mozambican Ministry of Interior via Mozambique's Ambassador to Vietnam Leonardo Rosario Manuel Pene.

Vietnam, as a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), is willing to share information about and its experience in participating in the pact with the UK if the latter is interested, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.

Vietnamese leaders are to send messages to upcoming high-level meetings of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press conference on September 17.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received visiting Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kang Kyung-wha in Hanoi on September 17.

Da Nang and Czech’s Brno city authorities on September 15 signed a deal on increasing their friendly and comprehensive cooperative relationship, becoming a special event during the complex development of COVID-19 in Czech.

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 16 congratulated Suga Yoshihide for his election as the President of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and the new Prime Minister of the country.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc engaged in a talk on the phone with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel on September 15 on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of Vietnam – Germany diplomatic ties (September 23, 1975, 2020).

The coordinating council of the global cooperation program “Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator” (ACT-A) was established on September 10 with 34 members, which include some international organizations and some countries, including Vietnam as ASEAN President.

On September 13, the A Dot border guard station in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien Hue worked with the A Luoi district Fatherland Front to present gifts to the armed forces and residents in Ka Lo village, Ka Lum district in Laos’ Se Kong province.

The ASEAN-EU and ASEAN-India Ministerial Meetings were held virtually on September 12 within the framework of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 53) and Related Meetings.

Up to 42 documents have been adopted within the framework of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings held from September 9-12 via video conferences, a record in the history of ASEAN foreign ministers’ meetings.

The US Department of State has extended congratulations and highlighted major achievements in the cooperation with Vietnam on the occasion of the ongoing 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53) and related meetings hosted by Vietnam, and the 25th anniversary of bilateral ties.

An online meeting between Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong and Acting Mayor of the Republic of Korea's Busan City Byeon Sung Wan was organized on September 10 to discuss ways to share difficulties with foreign enterprises, including Korean businesses amid COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.

Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh city People's Committee, had an online meeting with Mr. Byeon Sung Wan, Acting Mayor of the Republic of Korea’s Busan city, to discuss COVID-19 prevention and plans for economic recovery plans in each city.

Vietnamese Ambassador Tran Duc Binh at the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) has been selected as Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs for the February 2021 - February 2024 period.

A joint announcement of the 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-41) was approved with e-signatures from legislative leaders of AIPA members at the second plenary session of AIPA 41, which took place virtually on September 10.

On the occasion of the 75th National Day of Vietnam (September 2), the Indo-Vietnam Solidarity Committee laid flowers at the President Ho Chi Minh Monument in Kolkata city, the capital of West Bengal State in India.

The 41st General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-41) wrapped up in Hanoi via teleconference on September 10 after three working days.

Announcing the outcomes of the 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 41) held from September 8 to 10 via teleconference, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attributed the successful organisation of the event to efforts and determination of the Vietnamese National Assembly and AIPA member parliaments.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended the ASEAN-China Ministerial Meeting held online within the framework of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 53) and related meetings on September 9.