Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario began his four-day official visit to Vietnam on July 31 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario’s official visit to Vietnam from July 31 to August 3 is expected to boost bilateral cooperation in trade and investment, as well as in fields of mutual concern. 

 Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and the Lao capital city of Vientiane have agreed to foster and expand their cooperation in the time ahead and approve cooperation orientations for the 2017-2020 period.

 Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh had a meeting in Hanoi on July 28 with Than Htut Thein, deputy head of Myanmar’s security-military general department, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

 Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held phone talks with Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on the information that an Indonesian naval ship chased and shot at a fishing boat of Vietnam, injuring two fishermen.

The Foreign Ministry's spokesperson replied to reporters’ question about recent information relating to Vietnam’s oil and gas activities, clarifying that those activities are conducted in the waters completely within the country’s sovereignty. 

 Vietnam and Israel have agreed to strengthen their cooperation during the second meeting of the Vietnam-Israel inter-governmental committee for cooperation in economy, science, technology and other areas.

 Vietnam and New Zealand on July 27 affirmed their determination to raise two-way trade to 1.7 billion USD by 2020 during Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue’s working visit to New Zealand.

 Mozambique’s Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario will pay an official visit to Vietnam from July 31 to August 3.

 The fifth meeting of the Vietnam-Malaysia Joint Committee for Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation in Hanoi on July 27 has decided on a range of measures to increase bilateral and multilateral collaboration.

 Vietnam and Australia need to maintain and develop further their defense cooperation, said Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), and Deputy Minister of National Defense.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his delight at the growing relations between Vietnam and Malaysia during a reception for visiting Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman in Hanoi on July 27.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has strictly criticized leaders of 13 heads of provinces, ministries and agencies over delayed disbursements for public projects, Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung said on July 25.

 The Vice Chief of the Australian Defence Force, Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, is visiting Vietnam from July 26 to 30.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Algeria’s northeastern province of Annaba recently held a seminar to discuss trade cooperation between the two countries.

 Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh has highlighted advanced defence cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba, describing this as a pillar and model for bilateral collaboration in other fields. 

Secretary General of the Association of North East Asia Regional Governments invited HCM City to be an associate member of the NEAR while being received by Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem on July 26.

Vietnam’s Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son urged the business community in APEC economies to actively join the forum’s activities this year.

 Plans to strengthen cooperation between Vietnam and Israel were discussed at the second meeting of the Vietnam-Israel Intergovernmental Committee for Economics, Science and Technology in Tel Aviv, Israel  from July 24-26.

 A delegation of foreign military attachés in Vietnam on July 26 visited the Hanoi-based Vietnam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC), where they were briefed on post-war bomb and mine pollution in the country.