At the meetings, the Solomon Islands' leaders praised the 29-year diplomatic relationship between the two nations, founded on mutual trust, respect, and shared benefits. They expressed their strong interest in expanding cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, tourism, and disaster management.
As the Solomon Islands has held elections and established a new government, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 9 sent a congratulatory message to new Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele.
The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on May 23 announced that the national futsal team will play two friendly matches with the Solomon Islands before taking training in South America.
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted 197 kilometres of north-northwest of Dili, Timor Leste at 21:55 on April 6 (local time), the US Geological Survey said.
