Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc underlined the importance of building a resolution on key socio-economic tasks and solutions in 2018 at a cabinet meeting in Hanoi on December 1.

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had a meeting with Australia’s Governor-General Peter Cosgrove in Canberra on November 30.

Vietnam will constructively work together with other relevant countries to consider the EU’s proposal to join the East Asia Summit (EAS), said the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.  

 Vietnam always cherishes relations with Ukraine and wants the ties to develop in various channels like state, parliament, government and people-to-people exchanges, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Anh Tuan.

 Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong welcomed Polish President Adrej Duda on his visit to the city on November 30.

 The 37th meeting of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Board of Governors kicked off in the central city of Da Nang on November 30, gathering governors from 53 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) members.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has expressed wish to further strengthen ties with Australia within bilateral cooperation framework as well as at regional and global forums. 

 Deputy Prime Minsiter Vu Duc Dam met Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Higher Education Jaroslaw Gowin in Hanoi on November 29, with discussion focusing on bilateral engagements in education and science-technology. 

 Russia has always been one of the priorities in Vietnam’s external affairs, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Konstantin Vasilievich Vnukov at a meeting in Hanoi on November 29. 

The National Assembly (NA) and Government of Vietnam always support and create favourable conditions for Vietnamese and Australian friendship organisations to increase activities.

The Polish President’s wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda took a tour of Van Mieu Temple of Literature, the first university of Vietnam, on November 28 during her on-going visit to Vietnam.

 Vietnam prioritises developing cooperation and friendship with countries, while further deepening relations with its key partners, including Australia, National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has affirmed. 

 On November 28, the Netherlands’ heavy lift transport vessel, Rolldock Star, carrying the fourth Gepard-3.9 frigate for delivery to Vietnam docked at Novorossiysk port in the Black Sea.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan arrived in Canberra on November 29, starting her official visit to Australia.

 Vietnam always respectfully and sincerely thanks the Communist Party, State and people of Cuba for their solidarity and support for Vietnam’s struggle for liberation, national unity and reunification, as well as current construction and defence.

 The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), set to be signed next year, will benefit both sides, a workshop heard in Ho Chi Minh City on November 28.

 International law holds an important role in maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea, heard the ninth East Sea International Conference which ended in Ho Chi Minh City on November 28.

 Algerian Prime Minister Admed Ouyahia on November 28 met with Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha who is leading a delegation to Algeria for the 11th meeting of the Vietnam-Algeria Inter-Governmental Committee from November 27-29.

 Acting Minister of External Relations of Chile Edgardo Riveros has presented Grand Cross Order of Merit to Vietnamese Ambassador to Chile Ngo Duc Thang in honour of his contributions to bilateral ties. 

 President Tran Dai Quang and Polish President Andrzej Duda chaired a joint press conference following their talks in Hanoi on November 28, saying they agreed to increase the exchange of all-level delegations.