
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull signed a joint statement on the establishment of the Vietnam-Australia Strategic Partnership following their talks in Canberra on March 15.

A grand welcome ceremony was held with cannon salute for Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and the high-level delegation of Vietnam at the Parliament House on Capitol Hill, Canberra, Australia on March 15.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse left New Zealand on the afternoon of March 14 (local time) to begin an official visit to Australia at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc advocated boosting cooperation between Vietnam and New Zealand in fields of mutual interest such as education-training, organic agriculture, smart agriculture, and infrastructure while addressing the Vietnam-New Zealand Business Forum in Auckland on March 13.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee convened its 22nd session in Hanoi on March 12, helmed by NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc leaves Hanoi on March 11 for an official visit to New Zealand from March 12-14 at the invitation of New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung attended the ASEAN Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) in Singapore from March 7-8.

The Vietnamese Government has attached much importance to and ordered relevant ministries to closely work with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to organize the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in 2018, one of the most important diplomatic events in the country in the year.

President Tran Dai Quang and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina agreed to exert greater efforts to double the two countries’ two-way trade, which stood at nearly US$900 million in 2017, during their talks in Dhaka on March 5.

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception for Bangladeshi Minister of Foreign Affairs Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali right after his arrival in the capital city of Dhaka on March 4.

President Tran Dai Quang lauded external economic activities and trade promotion abroad during a meeting with 45 commercial counsellors and chiefs of Vietnamese commercial offices overseas on March 1 in Hanoi.

Economic chiefs of the 10 ASEAN countries gathered in Singapore on March 1 for the 24th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Retreat (AEM Retreat).

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh highly valued the coordination between foreign affairs bodies of the Party, Government and National Assembly.

President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse will pay State visits to India from March 2-4 and Bangladesh from March 4-6.

President Tran Dai Quang joined 200 representatives of 21 ethnic groups from around the country for the opening ceremony of the annual spring festival at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay district, Hanoi on February 24.

The FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) is organizing its annual seminars on ASEAN, highlighting technology, innovation and entrepreneurship in three member states – Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited Vietinbank and Vietcombank, two of the largest lenders in Vietnam, on February 21 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.

President Tran Dai Quang launched a national tree-planting festival in memory of President Ho Chi Minh at a ceremony in the mountainous northern province of Bac Kan on February 21.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a festival marking the 229th anniversary of Ngoc Hoi–Dong Da victory against Chinese Qing invaders on February 20 (the fifth day of the Lunar New Year).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong extended the best wishes to officials and people of Hung Yen while visiting the northern province on February 19 - the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to Hanoi’s Party Committee, authorities and people on the night of February 15 (the last day of the last lunar month).

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Overseas Vietnamese are engaging in a wide range of activities in celebration of the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), the most important holiday in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited and presented Tet gifts to over 100 needy workers in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on February 8.