International Cooperation

Amid the current regional and international context, Vietnam urges parties to not take any action to further complicate the situation in the East Sea, said Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.

President Ho Chi Minh came to advance humanity with love for peace and by leading Vietnamese people to struggle for peace and build friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and countries in the region, and with the international community for mutual development.

Over 60 years ago, President Ho Chi Minh paid a historic visit to Indonesia from February 27th to March 8th, laying a foundation for the relationship between Vietnam and Indonesia.

Representatives from the Embassy of Vietnam and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Cambodia on May 13th presented 4,000 antimicrobial face masks for the country’s detention centres.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 13th led a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Party and State to attend the state funeral of former Politburo member, former Prime Minister of Laos and former Chairman of the Lao Front for National Construction Central Committee Sisavath Keobounphanh, who passed away a day earlier.

On behalf of the Party organisation, administration and people of Hanoi, on May 12th, Chairman of the city People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung presented medical supplies to the Russian capital of Moscow and the Vietnamese community in the country, in support of efforts to tackle COVID-19.

The Thai people respect the Vietnamese leader, President Ho Chi Minh, who spent time from July 1928 to late 1929 in Thailand under the name Thau Chin, during his process of finding a way to save the country.

Many organisations, businesses and individuals in Vietnam have donated medical supplies to help Italy in the fight against COVID-19, showing the Southeast Asian nation’s solidarity, sharing and responsible international cooperation, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Nguyen Thi Bich Hue.

Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau shared post-COVID-19 development policies that Vietnam is carrying out at an online seminar held by the International Chamber of Media and Entertainment Industry of India (ICMEI) in New Delhi on May 7th.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh on May 8th attended the United Nations Security Council’s high-level video meeting with the theme “75 years from the end of the Second World War on European Soil – lessons learned for preventing future atrocities, responsibility of the Security Council".

President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, had a working session with US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink in Hanoi on May 8th.

Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung on May 8th handed over the token of the 140,000 medical face masks from the Vietnamese Government and people to their counterparts in Japan.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong has sent a letter of congratulations to Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Victory Day over Fascism in the Great Patriotic War (May 9th, 1945 - May 9th, 2020).

The Russian Embassy and the Ukraine Embassy in Vietnam have signed minutes on receiving 2,400 invasive ventilators for COVID-19 treatment, presented by Vingroup. The ventilators are expected to be transferred to the two countries from May 15th to August 30th.

Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said Vietnam rejects China’s unilateral decision on fishing ban in the East Sea from May 1st to August 16th.

Representatives from the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Association on May 6th presented 80,000 antibacterial cloth masks and anti-droplet masks worth VND1.04 billion, to support the German people's fight against COVID-19.

In the 31 years since its establishment, the Vietnam - Brazil cooperative relationship has been continuously developed in all areas, especially since May 2007 when the two countries set up comprehensive partnership.

As COVID-19 leaves a great negative impact on business operations, Bac Ninh has directed authorized agencies to promptly support Korean businesses to address difficulties, making the best conditions for Korean experts to return to work in the province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held phone talks with US President Donald Trump on May 6th at the request of the US side.

A delegation from Vietnam’s Binh Duong province led by Tran Thanh Liem, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, on May 5th presented over VND1.1 billion to support Cambodia’s Kratie province in fighting against COVID-19, at Hoa Lu border gate in Binh Phuoc province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) step up cooperation and share experience at all levels and in all spheres during the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The President Ho Chi Minh memorial sites, constructed and developed by the Thai Government and people as well as overseas Vietnamese in Thailand’s Udon Thani and Nakhon Phanom, receive some 20,000 visitors per year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held phone talks with his Japanese counterpart Abe Shinzo on May 4th, during which they exchanged views on the prevention and control of COVID-19 in their respective countries, and agreed to work closely together to overcome the pandemic.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc held an online talk on April 29th (US time) with US Congressman Joaquin Castro of Texas, who is Vice Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on ASEAN.

The Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) has sent a message of congratulations to the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30th).

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has cabled a message of congratulations to his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the liberation of the South and National Reunification Day on April 30th.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on April 30th attended a ceremony to hand over a RO water purifier to the authority of Giong Trom district in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre which aims to meet the demand of fresh water for local people.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the United Nations, has expressed Vietnam’s wish that the governments of Sudan and South Sudan will soon address Abyei issues via peaceful means and on the ground of international law, the UN Charter, and their agreement signed on June 20th, 2011.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc and diplomats of other ASEAN countries recently took part in the first teleconference of the ASEAN Committee in Washington DC (ACW).

Diplomacy was one of the most important aspects, together with military and politics, in negotiations for the Paris Peace Accords – an agreement to end the war and restore peace in Vietnam, heard a symposium in Hanoi on April 28th.