International Cooperation

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on May 31 met with Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Han Duck-soo as part of the former’s official visit to the East Asian country.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son attended the launch of the Business Association of Vietnamese in Korea (BAViK), the first official organisation representing Vietnamese businesses operating in the Republic of Korea (RoK), in Seoul on May 30.

The Vietnamese Government will continue to support and facilitate cooperation between the finance ministries of Vietnam and Laos, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai affirmed in Hanoi on May 30.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, paid a working visit to Angola from May 26-29.

President To Lam hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 30 for Ambassadors and Chargé d'Affaires of ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste, who came to extend their congratulations on his election as the Vietnamese State leader.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated Lawrence Wong on becoming the fourth PM of Singapore during their phone talks on May 29.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on May 29 handed over the State President’s decisions to deploy two officers to the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

On May 28, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Vo Van Hoan received Ms. Carmen Cano de Lasala, Spanish Ambassador to Vietnam, to greet her on the occasion of the beginning of her working term in Vietnam.

Leaders of Indonesia, Canada, Kuwait and Sweden have sent their congratulations to To Lam on his election as the State President of Vietnam at the 15th legislature’s seventh sitting.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Luo Bi Xiong, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the China Power Engineering Consulting Group Co., Ltd (CPECC) in Hanoi on May 27.

Venezuelan Ambassador to Vietnam Juan Carlos Fernandes Juárez said that the two sides are pursuing procedures to establish a twinned relationship between the capitals Hanoi and Caracas, contributing to promoting Vietnam - Venezuela and Hanoi - Caracas relations to a higher level.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Bac Ninh Provincial People’s Committee Vuong Quoc Tuan on May 25 received a delegation from Chinese Jiangsu Province’s Yangzhou City led by Mr. Zhang LiTao, Deputy Mayor of the city, who learned about investment cooperation opportunities in Bac Ninh.

The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations held a ceremony in New York on May 24 to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers and 10 years of the country’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations.

(CPV) - With the support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the Viet Nam National Mine Action Center (VNMAC), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), officially launched the Mine Action for the Korea – Viet Nam Peace Village Project (KVPVP) in Binh Dinh province on May 23rd 2024.

Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of the northern port city of Hai Phong Hoang Minh Cuong hosted a reception on May 24 for crew members of the Royal Netherlands Navy’s Frigate HNLMS Tromp that is anchoring at the local Chua Ve port.

World leaders have continued to extend their congratulations to To Lam and Tran Thanh Man after they was sworn in as the State President and Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, respectively, at the 15th legislature’s seventh sitting.

Vietnam consistently regards Japan as an important and long-term partner, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai told Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at their brief meeting on May 23 as part of his working visit to Japan to attend the 29th Future of Asia Forum in Tokyo.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, to convey his congratulations to General To Lam on his election as the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

On the 134th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19), the Vietnamese Embassy in Chile and a working delegation from the Binh Duong Provincial Party Committee, led by the Permanent Deputy Secretary Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Hoang Thao, organized the inauguration ceremony of the Ho Chi Minh Park renovation project in Cerro Navia district, Santiago, Chile.

Ho Chi Minh City always respects, strengthens and develops its relationship with Houaphanh province, contributing to consolidating and developing the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam.

Based on the good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability, competent agencies of Vietnam and Cambodia have taken many practical and effective measures to help their people and future generations clearly and fully understand the bilateral relationship, making it stronger, for the sake of their people, Spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on May 23.

As has been clearly enunciated many times, Vietnam has full legal basis and ample historical evidence to assert its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and the Truong Sa (Spratly), in accordance with international law as well as sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over maritime zones established following the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982), Deputy Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Doan Khac Viet said on May 23.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 22 held a phone conversation with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the third interaction between them in six months.

Leaders of Laos, China and Cambodia have sent their congratulations to To Lam on his fresh election as President of Vietnam.

Many foreign leaders have sent messages of congratulations to Tran Thanh Man over his election as Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly at the 15th legislature's 7th sitting.

On the occasion of the 134th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh, on May 20, in Vladivostok city (Russia), the Vietnamese Consulate General in Vladivostok solemnly organized the 100th anniversary ceremony of the day Uncle Ho first set foot to Vladivostok.

(CPV) - The 2024 Train the Trainers program, themed “Computational Thinking and Generative AI Curriculum Design”, has been organized in collacoration by the U.S. Mission in Vietnam, STEAM for Vietnam, Scratch Foundation and Hanoi University of Science and Technology, along with the Vietnam Innovation of General Education Foundation (VIGEF).

Vietnam persists with the "One China" policy, recognising Taiwan as an inseparable part of China's territory, said spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang.

(CPV) - On May 14-19, the delegation led by Lai Xuan Mon, Member of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and Standing Deputy Head of the PCC Commission for Popularization and Education, paid a working visit to Algeria.

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong and French Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, Economic Attractiveness, Francophonie and French Nationals Abroad Franck Riester co-chaired the 8th session of the Vietnam-France High-Level Dialogue on Economy in Paris on May 17.