ABO/VNA – Governor General of Australia Peter Cosgrove and his spouse will pay a State visit to Vietnam from May 23-26 on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

ABO/VNA – Vietnam keeps a close watch on and is concerned about the escalating violence in the Gaza Strip over the past days, leaving many Palestinians dead and injured, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.

ABO/NDO - A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee attended an international workshop on Kark Marx, and his influence on global development, held in Moscow, Russia, on May 11-12.

ABO/NDO - Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son received Minister-President of Belgium's Flanders region Geert Bourgeois in Hanoi on May 14.

ABO/VNA – Vietnam treasures the increasing role of Brazil in the international arena and wishes to further promote comprehensive cooperation with the country, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

ABO/VNA – Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Nguyen Trung Thanh has talked about Vietnam's development orientations and experience at a recent talk at Cuba's National Defence College.

ABO/NDO - Vietnamese Ambassador to Ecuador Nguyen Ngoc Son pledged to make active contributions to further expanding bilateral ties, especially in economy, when presenting a letter of credentials to acting President of Ecuador Maria Alejandra Vicuna on May 8.

ABO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 10 sent a message of congratulations to new Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad.

ABO/VNA – Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has committed to continue intensifying multi-faceted cooperation with Vietnam, especially after the two countries sign and ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

ABO/VNA – National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu met with Romanian Deputy Prime Minister Ana Birchall in Bucharest to discuss bilateral cooperation in diverse areas.

ABO/VNA – Vietnam always constructively coordinates with other members of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) to raise the significance of the disarmament of weapons of mass destruction in general and chemical weapons in particular.

NDO/VNA – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 4 for Chairman of the Policy Research Council of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Fumio Kishida.

ABO/NDO – The Vietnamese Government will create most possible favourable conditions, which are in accordance with domestic and relevant international laws, for US enterprises, said Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

ABO/NDO - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said that he expects JPMorgan Chase to help further the Vietnam-US relationship and encourage more US companies to invest in Vietnam.

ABO/VNA – Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao has been elected as the Second Vice Chairman of the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) during the commission's 70th session in New York, the US.

ABO/VNA – A Vietnamese high-ranking delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc actively participated in the discussions and gave opinions to the drafting of the documents at the 32nd ASEAN Summit.

ABO/NDO – The Embassy of Vietnam to Chile celebrated the 43th anniversary of the liberation of southern Vietnam and national reunification (April 30, 1975) in a ceremony on April 28 which gathered the Vietnamese community in Chile and many foreign guests.

ABO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi on late April 28, concluding his trip to Singapore for an official visit and to attend the 32nd ASEAN Summit at the invitation of his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong.

ABO/NDO -Vietnam and Singapore need to work for bigger strides in economic, trade and investment cooperation, making it on par with bilateral political ties, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

ABO/NDO – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Singapore on April 27 on the sidelines of the 32nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.

ABO/NDO – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on April 24 received Moroccan Secretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mounia Boucetta.

ABO/NDO – Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on April 25 met with representatives of Vietnamese in Australia's Victoria state, who account for one third of the Vietnamese community in the country.

ABO/NDO – A delegation from the Party Committee, the People's Council, the People's Committee, and the Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi laid wreaths at the statue of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin at Lenin Park in Ba Dinh district.

ABO/VNA – Vietnam persistently treasures and gives the top priority to consolidating and enhancing the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Laos, said Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tong Thi Phong.

ABO/VNA – A delegation of the Sri Lankan Parliament led by its Speaker Karu Jayasuriya will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 23-27.

ABO/VNA – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong reiterated Vietnam's consistent policy that attaches importance to strengthening and expanding the friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Myanmar.

ABO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will pay an official visit to Singapore and attend the 32nd ASEAN Summit from April 25-28 at the invitation of Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong.

ABO/VNA – Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi began her two-day official visit to Vietnam on April 19 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

ABO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged Germany, especially Rheinland-Pflaz state, to further boost trade and investment with Vietnam to further lift two-way trade.

ABO - On the morning of April 15, Deputy Chairman of the Tien Giang provincial People's Committee Pham Anh Tuan received the delegation of the Guiyang Municipal People's Government (China).

ABO/VNA – Iran wishes to promote comprehensive partnership with Vietnam, Speaker of the Parliament of Iran Ali Ardeshir Larijani told Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc during their meeting in Hanoi on April 16.

ABO/VNA - President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man received President of the Lao Front for National Construction Central Committee Xaysomphone Phomvihane in Hanoi on April 13.

ABO/NDO – Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Dinh Quy and Pakistan Deputy Foreign Minister Tehmina Janjua co-chaired the second political consultation between Vietnam and Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan on April 13.

ABO/NDO - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has highlighted the sound development of the Vietnam-Republic of Korea (ROK) strategic cooperative partnership, with economic cooperation as a spotlight.

ABO/VNA – Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan on April 12 received Park Ro-byug, Secretary General of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), who is visiting Vietnam.

ABO/NDO – The Vietnamese Government always pays due attention to health care and stands ready to continue cooperating with Denmark in medical technology and profession to modernise health care system and improve living quality, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

ABO/NDO - The General Association of Vietnamese Cambodians (GAVC) held a ceremony to celebrate the Cambodian traditional New Year Festival Chol Chnam Thmay in Phnom Penh, on April 7, which attracted more than 200 Vietnamese Cambodians.

ABO/NDO – Japanese doctor Nagato Natsume has been appointed Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Aichi prefecture in the Northeast Asian nation.

ABO/VNA – Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh visited the US Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, in early April at the invitation of the US Navy.

ABO/NDO – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded outgoing Thai Ambassador Manopchai Vongphakdi for fulfilling his assigned tasks during a reception in Hanoi on April 6.

ABO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested the Mekong River Commission (MRC) give priority to fully and effectively implementing the 1995 Mekong Agreement and promoting its monitoring and coordinating role in performing the commitments of the MRC member countries.

ABO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techno Hun Sen on the sidelines of the third Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on April 4.

ABO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that Vietnam is keen on fostering the friendship with Switzerland and hopes the two countries will continue bolstering cooperation in all fields, especially trade and investment.

ABO/VNA – Chief Judge of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam Nguyen Hoa Binh discussed bilateral ties in judicial affairs with Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Russia Yyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev at a working session in Moscow.

ABO/VNA – President Tran Dai Quang praised efforts made to boost the traditional friendship and economic, trade and investment ties between Vietnam and Mongolia while meeting with Amarjargal Gansukh, Secretary of the National Security Council of Mongolia in Hanoi on April 2.

ABO/NDO – Vietnam and Cuba reached an array of cooperation documents during the State visit to Cuba by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong from March 28-31.

ABO/NDO – Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-level delegation of the Vietnamese NA left the Netherlands on March 29, concluding their four-day official visit to the European country.

ABO/NDO – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has conveyed his sincere thanks to President of France Emmanuel Macron, as well as to other French leaders and the French people, for their respectful reception during his official visit to France.

ABO/NDO – The French media provided extensive coverage of the official visit to France made by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong from March 25 to 27, at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron.