ABO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China Lu Xinshe in Hanoi on March 19.

ABO/NDO – Vietnam and South Africa have agreed to work together to bolster comprehensive cooperation at the fourth Vietnam - South Africa inter-governmental partnership forum.

ABO/VNA – The strategic partnership between Vietnam and Germany has entered a new stage of development, Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said at a recent event in Germany.

ABO/NDO – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 15 sent a congratulatory message to Noureddine Bedoui on his appointment as the new Prime Minister of Algeria.

ABO/VNA – Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh have sent messages of sympathy to New Zealand over the shooting incidents in Christchurch on March 15.

ABO/NDO – Ambassador Nguyen Thi Bich Hue, Vietnamese Permanent Representative to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) affirmed that the Vietnamese Government wants to strengthen its cooperation with and contribute more to the fund's activities.

ABO/VNA – Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Cuong stated that Vietnam treasures developing friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Iran, during talks with Iran's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Morteza Sarmadi in Hanoi on March 11.

ABO/NDO – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held a discussion over the phone with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah on March 12 to discuss several issues in bilateral ties.

ABO/VNA – Representatives of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam have agreed to assign Vietnam to devise an action plan for effectively implementing the Agreement on Trade Promotion and Facilitation in the CLV Development Triangle Area, signed in 2016 in Siem Reap, Cambodia.