King of Spain Felipe VI has described Vietnam as one of the important and prioritising partners of his country in the Asian-Pacific and Southeast Asian regions.

 Vietnam’s activities on islands and rocks under its management in the East Sea are completely normal, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi told Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s participation in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, helped Vietnam access new ideas and development trends in the world serving its building and implementation of national development strategies. 

 Vietnamese State and government leaders on January 21 cabled messages of congratulations to the 45th US President Donald Trump and the 48th US Vice President Mike Pence on their inauguration. 

 Impacts of the fourth industrial revolution on governments, businesses and people were highlighted by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc when he attended a session as part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

 HCM City has agreed to the transport department’s proposal to open temporary smart parking lots in downtown areas to meet demand.

 Hanoi’s youth union hosted a ceremony on January 20 to honour 10 outstanding youths in 2016 for their significant contributions in a wide range of fields.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has hailed the press’s significant contributions to the country’s external affairs last year at a New Year meeting hosted by the Foreign Ministry on January 20.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in the US along with the US-APEC Business Coalition and the US National Center for APEC (NCAPEC) held an event to promote Vietnam’s APEC Year 2017 in Washington on January 18.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with WB President Jim Yong Kim, WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo, and Chairman of the Chinese Alibaba Group Jack Ma on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has continuously engaged in a series of sessions and meetings with world and business leaders as part of his sideline activities at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had an open and candid dialogue with chief executive officers of global leading IT groups on the margin of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on January 19.

 The Consulate General of Vietnam in Guangzhou city, the Chinese province of Guangdong, has held a banquet in celebration of the 67th founding anniversary of the countries’ diplomatic ties (January 18, 1950). 

 Brazil and Vietnam need to continue efforts to effectively implement agreements signed by the two countries while negotiating new ones, contributing to further developing bilateral relationship, said Brazilian President Michel Temer said.

 Sen. Lt. Gen. Pham Ngoc Minh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, stressed his country’s readiness for UN peacekeeping operations at talks with UK officers on January 20.

 The 14th National Assembly’s Standing Committee wrapped up its sixth session in Hanoi on January 20 after three days of sitting. 

 The sixth and last Kilo-class submarine that Vietnam has purchased from Russia arrived at Cam Ranh military port in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on January 20.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has continuously engaged in a series of sessions and meetings with world and business leaders as part of his sideline activities at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

 The Foreign Ministry hosted a New Year meeting with foreign embassies and foreign media agencies in Vietnam in Hanoi on January 19.

Vietnam will focus on developing human resources, science and technology in a bid to keep pace with the fourth industrial revolution, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a debate session on the future of production in Davos, Switzerland.