Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and former Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bhichai Rattakul noted their hope that the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Thailand will be deepened in the time ahead.

 The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Thai Embassy in Vietnam on August 9 held a meeting to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Thailand diplomatic relations.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed the Government’s determination to turn tourism into the country’s spearhead economic sector during a national conference on tourism development in Hoi An city, central Quang Nam province, on August 9. 

 The Embassy of Vietnam in Argentina chaired a ceremony to celebrate the 49 th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) in Argentina on August 8. 

 The 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits and related meetings are scheduled to take place from September 6-8 in Vientiane, Laos, with 42 documents expected to be passed.

The establishment of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Indonesia in 2013 is an important milestone in bilateral relations, creating an opportunity for the two countries to develop their traditional friendship to a new height.

 The governments of Vietnam and Japan agree that an efficient and competitive ASEAN green economy is vital to creating jobs, strengthening the middle class, and ensuring sustainable economic growth.

 Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich and his Indonesian counterpart Ryamizard Ryacudu highlighted the countries’ fruitful defence cooperation during talks in Hanoi on August 8. 

 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a flag hoisting ceremony in Hanoi on August 8 to mark the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN)’s 49th founding anniversary and 21 years since Vietnam joined the bloc. 

 Vietnam has made important contributions to ASEAN’s development during its 21-year membership, especially in implementing key policies for intra-bloc cooperation and links between the bloc and partners, a Vietnamese diplomat has said.

 Senior officials and representatives of several Thai companies visited the Vietnamese Embassy to the country on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties (August 6, 1976). 

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has shared Hanoi voters’ view that the National Assembly (NA) must push forward with reforming its activities, including lawmaking, supervision, decision-making and diplomacy. 

With their solidarity, the ten small and medium Southeast Asian countries have done what many countries in the world desire to do but are unable to achieve, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Despite ups and down, the relationship between Vietnam and Thailand has progressed over the past 40 years with strongly developing people-to-people exchanges. 

Vietnam owns a long coastline of 3,260 km, so it needs to attract experts on marine economy to support the nation’s development, Prof. John A.Quelch, Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School told a VietNamNet reporter.

 Vietnam has been ranked 89th out of 193 countries and territories in the e-government development index (EGDI) in 2016, up ten places compared to two years ago, according to the e-government survey 2016 conducted by the United Nations.

 Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh yesterday confirmed to voters from Long An Province that there would be no concession on territorial sovereignty.

The ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Consultation Meeting took place in Laos, with ministers agreeing to push the implementation of the two sides’ agreements on investment, trade and services towards lifting ASEAN-India ties to a strategic partnership.

 Vietnam has made specific and important contributions to the success of the 48th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting and related events that took place in Vientiane in early August, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh said. 

Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh hailed the Vietnam-Indonesia Strategic Partnership relations in all areas at a meeting on August 5.