International Cooperation

Vietnam is highly interested in Funan Techo canal project and respects the legitimate interests of Cambodia in accordance with the 1995 Mekong Agreement, relevant regulations of the Mekong River Commission (MRC), the traditional and friendly neighbourliness between the two countries, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on May 5.

Hoang Binh Quan, former member of the Party Central Committee and former Head of the Party Central Committee Commission on External Relations, was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese Government for his important contributions to strengthening relations and friendship between Vietnam and Japan.

The authorities of Dong Nai Province and Gyeongnam Province (the Republic of Korea) signed a cooperation agreement on May 2, in Bien Hoa city, to promote the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh have cabled messages of congratulations to Polish President Andzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the occasion of the 233rd anniversary of Poland’s May 3 Constitution Day.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception for his Peruvian counterpart Javier Gonzalez Olaechea in Paris on May 2 on the sidelines of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s Ministerial Council Meeting.

A delegation from Bac Ninh province led by Nguyen Quoc Chung, Vice Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council, has recently paid a working visit to India and Nepal.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz has extended congratulations to the Vietnamese Government and people on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975-2024).

Authorities of Urugay's Montevideo city have passed a resolution to name a Vietnamese space on Jose Pedro Valera Avenue on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - 2024), and the 134th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 - 2024).

The Czech Republic always considers Vietnam as a significant partner in its overall foreign policy towards the Indo-Pacific and Southeast Asia, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky told Vietnamese Ambassador to the European country Duong Hoai Nam who paid him a courtesy visit on April 29.

Ambassador Phan Mai Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, WTO, and other international organisations in Geneva, who was elected as the Chair of the 14th session of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission, presided over the session that started in Geneva on April 29.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son's upcoming trip to Paris is expected to foster Vietnam's partnership with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and France, stated Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang.

This year’s first joint patrol of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) in the vicinity of the countries’ demarcation line in the Gulf of Tonkin was wrapped up on April 29.

The Vietnamese Embassy in France and the French Communist Party (PCF)’s cell in Saint-Pierre-des-Corps city has held a commemoration of Raymonde Dien, a communist activist, a faithful friend of the Vietnamese people, and also a symbol of the fight against the French war in Vietnam.

A working delegation from the Ministry of Justice led by Deputy Minister Mai Luong Khoi paid a working trip to Germany recently in the framework of Vietnam – Germany legal and judicial cooperation under the joint statement signed in 2008.

A friendship exchange took place in Hanoi on April 26 to celebrate traditional New Year festivals of several Asian countries.

Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Long An Nguyen Van Ut has expressed determination to develop ties with agencies, organisations and businesses of the Republic of Korea (RoK) following his working trip to the Northeastern Asian country from April 22-26.

Leaders of Da Nang on April 27 received Brazilian Ambassador Marco Farani and visiting football legends, who are in the central beach city for the ongoing Brazil-Vietnam Football Festival 2024.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (RoK) Vu Ho on April 26 presented his credentials to RoK President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on April 26 cabled a message of condolences to President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan on serious human and property damage caused by the recent heavy rains and floods in the African country.

(CPV) - On April 25, the United States Mission to Vietnam, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), joined the Ca Mau People’s Committee to launch USAID’s persons with disabilities program in Ca Mau province.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony in Hanoi on April 25 to mark 70 years since the signing of the Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam - an important milestone in the struggle for national liberation of the Vietnamese people and a great victory of the Vietnamese diplomatic sector.

Vietnam once again affirms its consistent policy of protecting and promoting human rights, considering human beings a centre and driving force of the country's renewal and development process, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said at the ministry's regular press conference in Hanoi on April 25.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang on April 25 said Vietnam’s consistent stance on China’s fishing ban in the East Sea, which has been affirmed clearly over the past years.

Vice Chairman of the Bac Ninh Provincial People’s Committee Ngo Tan Phuong expressed his hope that Bac Ninh and Kazakhstan’s East Kazakhstan province would discuss signing a memorandum of understanding on establishing twinned cooperation.

Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, on April 24 held online talks with Mourad Lamoudi, who is in charge of external relations at the National Liberation Front (FLN) Party Central Committee of Algeria.

Acting State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on April 24 hosted a reception for Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio who came to bid farewell to her.

Quang Binh will support Laos’ Salavan province to annually teach Vietnamese language to 10 cadres at the province's training facilities. Meanwhile, Salavan province will support Quang Binh province to train a cadre and student to study the bachelor's degree program at the National University of Laos.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi co-chaired the fifth meeting of the Vietnam-Indonesia Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) in Hanoi on April 24.

Long An province wants to connect local industrial parks with Korean investors in many fields, especially high technology, innovation, renewable energy and logistics.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 23 proposed breakthrough orientations to make ASEAN a model in digital transformation globally, while co-chairing a business roundtable with his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone in Hanoi.