President Tran Dai Quang hosted separate receptions for newly-accredited ambassadors to Vietnam in Hanoi on March 8, during which he called for the diplomats’ greater efforts to broaden bilateral wide-ranging cooperation.

Hanoi Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung has suggested New Zealand consider cooperating with Hanoi in protecting the environment, developing transport infrastructure, and studying measures to improve the quality of locals’ lives. 

 The PM has signed a Decision to approve the election of Mr. Do Duc Duy as Chairman of the northern province of Yen Bai’s People’s Committee in the 2016-2021 phase.

 Vietnam and Malaysia boast a huge potential for cooperation, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia Pham Cao Phong. 

 UN Under-Secretary-General Gyan Chandra Acharya has appreciated the Vietnamese Government’s consistent assistance to landlocked developing countries through its participation in action programmes.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received three United Nations Under-Secretary-Generals in Hanoi on March 7, saying that Vietnam attaches special importance to relations with the UN.

 Vietnam will do its best to help Laos, especially in transport development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told visiting Lao Minister of Public Works and Transport Bounchanh Sinthavong during their meeting in Hanoi on March 7.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has highlighted Vietnam’s commitments to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as well as the country’s support for cooperation partners at a UN meeting in Hanoi on March 7.

 Vietnamese and Lao legislators shared experience in management decentralisation from central to grassroots levels during a workshop held in Hanoi on March 7.

 Ho Chi Minh City and San Francisco city of the US will continue promoting their close relationship in an intensive and effective manner, making it an example for cooperation between the Vietnamese and US localities.

 The Vietnamese State and Government will create the best conditions for the country’s army to enhance coordination with the Myanmar counterpart to deepen the bilateral friendship and cooperation.

President Tran Dai Quang, Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong and NA Chair Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pany Yathotou in Hanoi yesterday.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his delight at the vigorous growth of the Vietnamese and Lao parliaments’ cooperation while meeting with Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pany Yathotou in Hanoi on March 6.

 The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) wants to work with Ho Chi Minh City in tacking urban issues, such as traffic congestion and waste treatment, said President of the bank Jin Liqun.

 Parliamentarians of Vietnam and Thailand should step up coordination and exchange, especially at multilateral forums, in order to further bolster links between legislative bodies of the two nations, a Vietnamese law-maker has said.   

 The Philippines and Vietnam should work to strengthen bilateral cooperation across sectors in line with the strategic partnership established in 2015, said Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

 Senior defence officials of Vietnam and Myanmar have agreed to continue bolstering defence cooperation between the two countries and making it deeper, more effective and practical in the future.

On a visit to Hanoi on March 6, Chair of the National Assembly of Laos Pany Yathotou met with her counterpart Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan to discuss inter-parliamentary cooperation.

 A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina visited Mendoza province from March 3-5, aiming to tighten investment and trade links.

 Minister of Public Security To Lam was among the 16 foreign delegations attending a ceremony and a parade to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Belarus’s police force in Minsk on March 3 and 4.