Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles expressed his willingness to strengthen multifaceted cooperation between Costa Rica and Vietnam, particularly in the fields of economy, trade, education, and environment.

Costa Rican Minister of Foreign Trade Manuel Tovar, empowered by the Costa Rican President, on August 5 announced and handed over a diplomatic note to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) affirming its recognition of Vietnam as a market economy.

Vietnamese tennis player Nguyen Van Phuong Nguyen Van Phuong was ousted from the third round of the Copa Del Café Junior Tennis Tournament in Costa Rica on January 17.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc attended the seventh Foreign Ministers Meeting (FMM 7) of the Forum for East Asia – Latin American Cooperation (FEALAC).

Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc and his Costa Rica counterpart Alejandro Solano Ortiz co-chaired the second political consultation between the two countries’ foreign ministries on August 20.