International Cooperation

Vietnam's economic development achievements continue to be a bright spot and offer valuable experience for Middle East and African countries.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended an online summit of the world’s NA female heads held on August 17th under the theme of women’s leadership at NAs in the time of COVID-19 and post-pandemic recovery.

Leaders of countries and several political parties continue to send condolences to leaders of the Vietnamese Party and State, people and the family of former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Le Kha Phieu over his passing.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 14 sent a message of sympathy to his Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) counterpart Kim Tok Hun over serious damage caused by recent floods in the country.

Empowered by the Prime Minister, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung on August 14 presented medical equipment worth 60,000 USD as a relief package of the Vietnamese Government and people to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to support their fight against COVID-19.

Indonesian Government, President of the National Assembly of Nicaragua, and leaders of several foreign political parties have sent condolences to the Vietnamese Party and State leaders and family of former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Le Kha Phieu over his recent passing.

Implementation of Directive 35-CT/TW on May 30, 2019, by the Politburo on the Party Congresses at all levels, toward the 13th National Party Congress, the 28th Party Congress of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the 2020-2025 term, was held on August 10 and 11 in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations on August 12 presented Campaign Medals "For peace and friendship among peoples" to three Russian officials for their great contributions to strengthening the traditional friendship between the Russian people and the Vietnamese people.

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong discussed Vietnam-Laos relations over the phone with his counterpart Bounnhang Vorachith on August 13th, calling for continued coordination in the COVID-19 fight.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on August 13th held phone talks with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud to discuss measures to boost relations between Vietnam and Saudi Arabia.

National Assembly Chairwoman and Chair of the 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 41) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended a ceremony on August 13th to launch the website, mobile app, and identifier of the AIPA Chair Year 2020.

Foreign leaders extended their condolences to Vietnamese Party, State and people and the family of former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu over his passing.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue has showed his confidence that the cooperative and friendly relationship between Hanoi and Phnom Penh, and other Cambodian localities, will continuously and strongly develop.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has called for the lifting of sanctions and creating of favourable conditions for humanitarian aid in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and top leaders of the Republic of Korea (RoK), the Republic of Nicaragua and political parties sent messages of condolences to Vietnamese Party and State leaders, people and family of former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Le Kha Phieu over his passing.

In the recent meeting with the leaders of the Vietnam Sports Administration, representative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in charge of sports Kim Encel proposed to bring professional athletes from many countries around the world to train in Vietnam to prepare for major events such as Tokyo 2020 Olympics and world championships.

Top leaders of China, Laos, Cambodia and Cuba have extended their profound condolences to Vietnamese Party and State leaders, people and family of former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Le Kha Phieu over his passing.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent his condolences to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi over a recent airplane crash of Air India Express – a subsidiary of state-run airline Air India.

The Army Games 2020 sees the largest number of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) teams so far, including some competing for the first time like artillery, dog handling, and communications.

“In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we all faced great challenges. However, the economic relationship between Thailand and Vietnam remains strong amid complex global economic instability,” said Apirat Sugondhabhirom, Thai Consul General to Ho Chi Minh city.

The book "Vietnam takes off" by Grigory Trofimchuk, an expert on international affairs, Chairman of the Expert Council of the Eurasian Foundation for Support of Scientific Research, has recently been published in Russia, drawing attention from Russian and international readers.

Top leaders of Vietnam have extended congratulations to leaders of Singapore on the country’s 55th National Day (August 9).

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has delivered a message on the occasion of the 53rd founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the 25th anniversary of Vietnam’s admission to the bloc. Following is a translation of the message.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently signed Decision No 1191/QD-TTg approving goals, tasks, and measures to renew and improve the popularisation of news for external services, contributing to building a border of peace, friendship, cooperation, and development.

An ASEAN flag hoisting ceremony was held in Hanoi on August 7 to mark the 53rd founding anniversary of the association and 25 years of Vietnam’s ASEAN membership.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on August 6 held a phone talk with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on the Vietnam-US relations on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang highlighted Vietnam’s viewpoint that all activities in its Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos without permission of the country are void and not conducive to peace, security and stability in the East Sea, and that Vietnam resolutely protests those.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on August 5 to receive a batch of medicine from Cuba to help Vietnam fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung, Head of Vietnam's ASEAN SOM, attended the 33rd ASEAN-US Dialogue, which was held via video conference on August 5 to discuss cooperation orientations between the two sides in the coming time and exchange views on regional and international issues of mutual concern.

Mr. Michael Kretschmer, Governor of Sachsen state in Germany, has sent a letter of thanks to Mr. Nguyen Chi Dung, President of Vietnam-Germany Friendship Association, for recognising the association's noble deed in providing 80,000 high quality antibacterial masks for the state in the fight to prevent COVID-19.