Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Francis Gurry vowed to keep assisting Vietnam in intellectual property field at a meeting with Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien in Hanoi on March 22. 

Malaysian Deputy Defence Minister Mohd Johari bin Baharom told his Vietnamese counterpart Phan Van Giang at a meeting on March 22 that the two countries have great potential to cooperate in the defence industry.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong held a working session with visiting Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Netherlands Marjolijn Sonnema on March 22.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on March 22 received Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Vietnam Vitezslav Grepl, who considered parliamentary ties critical to the two countries’ friendship and cooperation.

 Vietnam highly values and welcomes the outcomes of the strategic partnership between ASEAN and New Zealand, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung said at the 24th ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue held in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 21-22.  

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam Siren Gjerme Eriksen lauded the growing ties between the two countries during a meeting in Hanoi on March 22. 

 Israeli President Reuven Ruvi Rivlin and his spouse on March 22 visited the northern province of Quang Ninh and the UNESCO-recognised world natural heritage of Ha Long Bay as part of their ongoing visit to Vietnam from March 19-25.

 Vietnamese and Cambodian naval forces have conducted their 46th joint annual joint patrol.

 The eighth session of the 14th National Assembly’s Standing Committee concluded on March 21 after working on a Government’s decree on rescue activities of the fire-fighting force.

The official visit to Vietnam by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is expected to deepen and broaden the Strategic Partnership between Singapore and Vietnam.

 Vice Chairman of the Vietnam National Assembly’s External Relations Committee Nguyen Manh Tien led a delegation to visit Russia from March 18-22 to push the two countries’ cooperation forward.

 The Vietnamese State will create all possible conditions for the system of intellectual property to grow and make maximal contributions to socio-economic development, affirmed President Tran Dai Quang.

 Vietnam’s Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung paid a working visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) from March 16-18 to promote bilateral cooperation in labour.

A Vietnam – Israel defence industry forum was held in Hanoi on March 21 by the Vietnamese Defence Ministry’s General Department of Defence Industry and Israel’s International Defence Cooperation Division. 

 Vietnamese Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Nguyen Trung Thanh recently presented his letter of credential to the republic’s President Danilo Medina.

 The World Bank’s Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva will pay an official visit to Vietnam from March 22 - 24, according to World Bank Vietnam.

 The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee continued its eighth session in Hanoi on March 21, commenting on the draft revised law on fisheries.

 With its knowledge and experience in agriculture, the Netherlands is eager to join hands with Vietnam to improve the quality and efficiency of its agriculture, a business forum on Agriculture-Innovation in Vietnam heard in HCM City on March 20.

 The Prime Minister has decided to establish the National Council for Education and Human Resources for period 2016-2021.

 Vietnam-Israel bilateral relations