Both sides agreed on the need to further implement existing agreements, especially in the fields of economy, trade, investment, agriculture, science and technology, education, and people-to-people exchange.
Vietnam's diplomacy has consistently played a peace building role throughout its history - from the struggle for national liberation and reunification to the national construction and development in peacetime, State President Luong Cuong made the remarks while addressing an international seminar in Hanoi on April 23.
For Vietnam, the victory on April 30, 1975, was a profoundly significant event in the nation's history. From that moment, Vietnam was fully reunified, and the nation entered a new historical era - the era of independence, unification, and socialism building.
Former President Khamtay Siphandone used to tell the Lao Embassy that an important task for all officials and staff members of the embassy is to ensure that Vietnam understands Laos and Laos understands Vietnam, and that they must preserve the special Laos – Vietnam relationship as the best forever.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 7 met with ambassadors and heads of Vietnam's representative offices abroad before they take on their new assignments.
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a get-together on November 26 to celebrate the 106th anniversary of Romania's National Day (December 1, 1918 - 2024), and 10 years of the establishment of the Vietnam - Romania Friendship Association (VRFA) of HCM City.
President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev visited and delivered a speech highlighting the significance of Vietnam – Bulgaria relations at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) on November 26 as part of his ongoing official trip to the country.
Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on October 28 issued a Joint Statement on the upgrade of their relations to a Comprehensive Partnership on the occasion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to the Middle East country.
On the occasion of the official visit to France by Party General Secretary and President To Lam on October 7, 2024, Vietnam and France issued a joint statement on upgrading their relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. As of October 2024, Vietnam has Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with eight countries.
Member of the Party Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has written an article, highlighting Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s contributions to elevating Vietnam's diplomacy. Following is the article.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Argentina (PCA), Jorge Kreyness has emphasised that the negotiation and signing of the Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam (July 21, 1954-2024) on July 21, 1954 is not only an important milestone and a victory in the national liberation struggle of the Vietnamese people but also a historic event and an example for other countries around the world to follow.
Vietnam always attaches importance to developing the traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with its traditional partners in the Balkan region, with Croatia being a priority, Vietnamese Ambassador to Hungary and Croatia Nguyen Thi Bich Thao has said.
Foreign affairs and diplomacy have played a pioneering role in mobilising external resources to serve the country's socio-economic development, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son told a question and answer session at the National Assembly Standing Committee’s 31st sitting on March 18.
Along with sound political relations, economic-trade ties have been one of the most successful endeavours within Vietnam-US relations. The US is currently one of Vietnam’s largest trading partners.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands has coordinated with the Vietnamese Association in the country to organise a series of activities in celebration of the 133rd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh.
The Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation (VPDF) under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations on April 8 held a ceremony in Hanoi to celebrate its 20th anniversary (April 9, 2003-2023) and receive the first-class Labour Order.
The Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords), reached on January 27, 1973, is a vivid historical proof of the aspiration for peace and the tradition of amicable diplomacy of the Vietnamese people; and an important premise of the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification in the period of Doi Moi (Renewal) and extensive international integration over the past more than 35 years.
2022 is an important year for Vietnam and Cambodia with a lot of activities held to mark the 55th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties, Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Chay Navuth has said.
