Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnamese People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister Phan Van Giang and Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano, Chief of Staff of the Japan Self-Defence Forces, held talks in Tokyo on March 4 following the welcome ceremony. 

 The DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam, held during February 27-28, has been spotlighted by the Czech press, with positive assessments of Vietnam’s organisational work, as well as the summit’s outcomes.

 Foreign diplomats in Vietnam on Sunday visited the Hung Kings Temple complex in the northern province of Phu Tho.

Leaders of the National Assembly met with female ambassadors and heads of diplomatic representative offices and international organisations in Vietnam on the occasion of International Women’s Day (March 8).

The introduction of electronic medical records at all health facilities and rules on the origin of goods in the CPTPP are among the new policies that will come into force this month, the local media reported.

Economic experts and scientists gathered at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi on March 2 to work on documents on socio-economic development strategies to be summited to the 13th National Party Congress. 

 US President Donald Trump has exclaimed that Vietnam is “an amazing place” when he was back from Hanoi – the place that hosted the recently concluded between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 

DPRK leader Kim Jong-un boarded a train back to Pyongyang from Dong Dang station in Lang Son on March 2 afternoon, concluding his five-day stay in Vietnam for the second DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit and the official friendship visit to VN.

 A high-ranking delegation from the Vietnam People’s Army is paying an official friendship visit to Japan from March 2 to 5.

Chairman of the Workers’ Party and the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK Kim Jong-un left Hanoi on March 2 morning.

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a banquet in Hanoi on March 1 in honour of DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-un, who is on an official visit to Vietnam.

Professor Lee Woong-Hyeon from the Korean University and President of the Korean Geopolitical Research Institute speaks about the outcome of the DPRK - USA Hanoi Summit and prospects of future negotiations. 

 The top diplomats of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the US had phone talks on March 1, discussing the results of the second summit between US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un which ended in Hanoi a day earlier without an agreement.

 China has called on the UN Security Council to discuss sanctions relief for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) after US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un ended a summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 28  without a deal.

 The second summit between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the US in Hanoi from February 27-28 offered wonderful opportunities for Vietnam in many aspects, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung said on March 1. 

 The government and people of Vietnam are willing to work with their DPRK counterparts to promote win-win cooperation across fields for benefit of their people and in line with international regulations and commitments of each country.

 Defence cooperation is one of the most important pillars of relations between Singapore and Vietnam, said Singaporean Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen. 

 Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong hosted an official welcome ceremony on March 1 for Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK Kim Jong-un.

DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-un began his official friendship visit to Vietnam on March 1. The visit is made at the invitation of Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong.

 Tran Luu Quang, secretary of the Party Committee of the southern province of Tay Ninh, has been picked as the permanent deputy secretary of the HCMC Party Committee for the 2015-2020 tenure, the local media reported.