International Cooperation

A high-ranking military delegation of Vietnam led by Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence left Hanoi on September 24th for an official visit to Myanmar.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam Phung Quoc Hien visited the Chamber of Deputies of Italy on September 24th as part of his ongoing working trip to the European country.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh met with Singaporean leaders on September 23rd, highlighting the importance of the countries’ strategic partnership to each side’s interests, as well as to the solidarity and development of the ASEAN Community.

Six diplomats received appointment decisions on September 20th to serve as ambassadors for the 2019-2022 tenure.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue on September 20th had separate meetings with ambassadors of South Africa and Nigeria to discuss preparations for the upcoming working visit to the two countries by a Government delegation.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh presented Labor Order, first class, to outgoing Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Thongsavanh Phomvihane at a ceremony held in Hanoi on September 19th.

The third Vietnam - Thailand defence policy dialogue took place in Ho Chi Minh city on September 19th under the chair of Vietnam’s Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh and Thailand’s Permanent Secretary of Defence Natt Intracharoen.

A working session between the Ho Chi Minh city's National Assembly delegation led by Mr. Phan Nguyen Nhu Khue, Head of the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee’s Commission for Popularization and Education, and the Council of Paris’ District 8, France took place on September 17th.

Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularization and Education Vo Van Thuong has led a Party delegation to visit Kazakhstan from September 16th to 18th.

​Vietnamese authorities have handed over to US representatives two sets of remains of US servicemen found by joint search teams during the 136th Joint Field Activities from July to September 2019.

Minister of Public Security General To Lam hosted a reception for Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Kolokoltsev Vladimir Aleksandrovich in Hanoi on September 17th.

The third Vietnam-Cuba defence policy dialogue was held in Hanoi on September 17th.

A delegation of Quang Ninh province led by Mr. Nguyen Van Thang, alternate member of the 12th PCC, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, is paying a working visit to Japan on September 14th - 18th.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Hoang Trung Hai, Politburo member of the CPV and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, paid a working visit to Cuba from September 9th to 13th.

Vietnam is willing to share experience in national construction and development with Cuba to help the country realise its reform targets in an efficient and prompt manner, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has said.

The city desires to promote trade and technology cooperation with Malaysia, as Standing Deputy Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem expressed as he received Ms. Teresa Kok Su Sim, Malaysian Minister of Primary Industries, paying a working visit on September 12th.

Top leaders of Vietnam on September 12th offered condolences to Indonesian leaders on the passing of former Indonesian President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie.

Vietnam absolutely rejects false contents, which are based on inaccurate and biased information about Vietnam, of a report released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

Vietnam resolutely opposes Chinese survey vessel group Haiyang Dizhi 8’s continued serious violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty right and jurisdiction in territorial waters as defined in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

Vietnam wants to exchange experience with Thailand in organising training courses, and promote delegation exchanges on UN peacekeeping operations, a Vietnamese senior officer said on September 10th.

Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) Senior Lieutenant General Pham Ngoc Minh hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 10th for Deputy Command of the Cambodia National Military Police General On Sok-khon.

Vietnam always welcomes and opens door for cooperation with Middle East-African countries for mutual benefits and development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed at a reception in Hanoi on September 10th for ambassadors from Middle East and Africa.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh stressed the need for all countries to make joint efforts in the fight against drug crime while receiving heads of delegations attending a ministerial meeting in Hanoi on September 10th.

​Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) capital coordinated by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has contributed to Vietnam’s socio-economic development in the past years, especially in infrastructure development, said a high-ranking law-maker.

Cuba wishes Vietnam more achievements in a peaceful and friendship environment, stated First Vice President of the Cuban Council of State and Council of Ministers Salvador Valdes Mesa at a ceremony marking Vietnam’s 74th National Day in Havana on September 6th.

A delegation from the Supreme People’s Court led by Chief Judge Nguyen Hoa Binh visited the US from August 28th to September 6th to seek stronger judicial cooperation between the two countries.

Party, State, Government and National Assembly leaders have extended their sincere and deep sympathies to leaders and people of Laos, especially the administrations and locals in flood-hit areas, over the losses caused by the recent devastating disaster.

The Vietnamese Government has paid great attention to strengthening cooperation with the US as well as partnership between Vietnamese localities and US states in areas of shared interests, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh has affirmed that Vietnam values and creates favourable conditions for clean energy investors in general and the US’s AES energy company in particular.

Minister of National Defence Ngo Xuan Lich hosted a reception for outgoing Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Thongsavanh Phomvihane in Hanoi on September 5th.