International Cooperation

Vietnam and Cambodia are two neighboring countries with long-standing traditional solidarity and cooperation.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded outgoing Country Director of the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam Ousmane Dione for his impressive contributions to the ties between the lender and the country, during a reception in Hanoi on June 22nd.

Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the SOM ASEAN Vietnam Nguyen Quoc Dung chaired the ASEAN Senior Officials' Preparatory Meeting (Prep-SOM), the second meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) Working Group on Public Health Emergencies (ACCWG-PHE) and the Joint Consultation Meeting in Hanoi on June 22nd.

The 36th ASEAN Summit will be held online on June 26th, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry said on June 21st.

The executive council of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) recently convened its 45th meeting in the form of teleconference in Geneva.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro spoke highly of the relations between Vietnam and Brazil during his recent reception of Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Thi Kim Hoa who presented her credentials to the host leader.

Party General Secretary and President President Nguyen Phu Trong on June 19th sent a message of congratulations to Governor-General of New Zealand Dame Patsy Reddy on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations (June 19th, 1975 - 2020).

Based on the circumstances and the needs of those involved, Vietnam is discussing the step-by-step resumption of travel with a number of countries, including China, the Republic of Korea, and Japan, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said on June 18th.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh joined other ASEAN foreign ministers and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Special ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers Meeting on COVID-19 on June 17th.

An online meeting was held on June 16th in Russia’s St.Petersburg to mark the 45th year since the end of the war in Vietnam (April 30th) and 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between the two nations.

Ensuring safety for Vietnamese staff working at UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and the Central African Republic is the first and the most important task amid the complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic in those two countries, according to Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh.

Vietnam welcomed the results that the United Nations (UN) Investigative Team to promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by the self-claimed Islamic State (IS) group (UNITAD) has achieved in its investigations and collection of evidence of the IS’s crimes, during a video conference of the UN Security Council on June 15th.

By relying on the common characteristics of mankind of love for peace, the fight against injustice, and the desire to build a prosperous country, Ho Chi Minh made the world understand Vietnam better, and brought Vietnam into the general flow of the world.

Vietnam has affirmed its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago and requested China to investigate the incident involving the acts of Chinese vessels against a Vietnamese fishing boat in the archipelago’s waters on June 10th.

Vietnam and Indonesia stressed the need to address the root of security instability in Central Africa via comprehensive and long-term measures at an online meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on June 12th.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held phone talks with Foreign Minister of Kuwait Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah on June 12th to discuss ways promoting bilateral ties as well as regional and global issues of concern.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on June 12 for leaders of Chinese businesses which are investing in the fields of garment and textile, high-quality fibre, engine components and automobile tyres in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his French counterpart Edouard Philippe discussed some cooperation measures in the COVID-19 fight and ways to reinforce the countries’ relations during their phone talks on June 11th.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang reiterated on June 11th Vietnam’s consistent policy of respecting and guaranteeing the right of citizens to follow or not follow any religion or belief.

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong had phone talks on June 11th with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of the Russia Day, June 12th.

Da Nang city and Australia’s Gold Coast city have agreed to increase cooperation in education and training, healthcare, tourism, trade and investment, natural disaster management, information and technology and alternative energy.

Seven Vietnamese soldiers who had joined the Soviet Union Red Army and fought alongside Russian comrades in the Great Patriotic War now have their profiles included in the database of the ‘memorial road’ museum complex, soon to be inaugurated in the suburbs of Moscow.

The German couple Irene and Faber were presented a book “The Tale of Kieu” by President Ho Chi Minh before they spent 7 years translating the Vietnamese poet Nguyen Du’s famous work into the German language under the name Das Mädchen Kieu.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held phone talks with Foreign Minister of Egypt Sameh Shourky on June 8th to discuss ways to promote bilateral ties amid COVID-19 and several regional and global issues of shared concern.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Mission to the UN, voiced concerns over recent terror attacks which have caused a large number of fatalities in the Sahel while addressing a UN Security Council session on the African region’s situation on June 5th.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 5th passed on his congratulations to Roman Golovchenko on his appointment as new Prime Minister of Belarus.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC)’s Informal Working Group on International Tribunals convened its first meeting in 2020 on June 3rd under the chair of Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Mission to the UN and chairman of the group.

As the Chair of ASEAN in 2020, Vietnam has shown its ability to respond promptly, quickly and effectively, along with other ASEAN member countries, to implement many measures and action plans to proactively fight the pandemic.

During his reception for new Chief representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Mr. Akira Shimizu, on June 3rd, Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee, suggested JICA continue to support the city’s completion of infrastructure projects.

Ho Chi Minh city wants to enhance ties with Armenia via the exchange of delegations and popularization of each other’s information and images to the two peoples.