Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh and his Japanese counterpart Ro Manabe agreed at a meeting on September 12 that the China-ASEAN Code of Conduct (COC) on the East Sea should be effective and legally binding. 

 Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh stated that bordering Guangxi province plays a very important role in cementing and developing the friendship and cooperation between China and Vietnam.

 Vietnam and Azerbaijan will employ measures to boost cooperation via party, government and parliamentary channels, covering economy-trade, investment, energy, transport, culture and education-training.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded the close coordination of the Japanese embassy and ambassador in promoting the bilateral relations over the past years during a meeting with Japanese Ambassador Kuinio Umeda in Hanoi on September 12.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the upcoming visit to Vietnam by Hungarian PM Orban Vicktor is an important event that will open up many cooperation opportunities for the two countries.

 Minister of Defence Ngo Xuan Lich hosted a reception for French Ambassador to Vietnam Bertrand Lortholary in Hanoi on September 12.

As an active member of the ASEAN Community, Vietnam supports ASEAN-China cooperation, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh stressed at an event in Nanning on September 12.

 Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Truong Hoa Binh had a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli in Nanning city, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on September 11.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received outgoing Slovak Ambassador to Vietnam Igor Pacolak in Hanoi on September 11.

 Both Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes Ferreira have expressed their hope that more and more Vietnamese and Brazilian would invest in each other’s countries.

Lawmakers convening today in Hanoi for 14th session of the National’s Assembly’s Standing Committee are scheduled to discuss an amended Law on Corruption Prevention and Control.

 The Standing Committee of the 14th National Assembly (NA) will convene its 14th session in Hanoi from September 11-20, with a number of issues high on the agenda to prepare for the NA’s fourth meeting scheduled for next month. 

 Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang led a defence delegation to visit Cuba from September 8-11 at the invitation of his Cuban counterpart Sen. Lieut. Gen. Alvaro Lopez Miera.

 Samdech Say Chhum, acting head of state of Cambodia and President of the Cambodian Senate highly valued the support of Hanoi for Phnom Penh during his meeting with Secretary of the Hanoi Party’s Committee Hoang Trung Hai on September 9. 

 Vietnam is consistent in the employment of multilateral and multifaceted diplomacy to enhance traditional partnerships with Balkan States, including Serbia, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Deputy Minister of Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh’s visit to the Republic of Korea from September 6-9 was fruitful, contributing to enhancing defence cooperation between Vietnam and the RoK as well as regional countries.

 Vietnam always respects the relations and multifaceted cooperation with Tanzania and wants to further develop the ties between their two national assemblies, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania Nguyen Kim Doanh.

 A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Hoang Binh Quan, head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, visited Canada from September 5-8.

 Brazil’s FM Aloysio Nunes Ferreira will pay an official visit to Viet Nam from September 9-12 at the invitation of Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry announced Thursday.

Hungary’s senior leaders showed a consensus on developing friendship with Vietnam at their meetings with Politburo member and head of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission Truong Thi Mai.