Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-level delegation of the Vietnamese NA left the Netherlands on March 29, concluding their four-day official visit to the European country.

Vietnam and Laos need to continue deepening their political ties while boosting their cooperation in diplomacy, security, and defence fields, President Tran Dai Quang said at his reception for Prime Minister of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith.

Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong had talks with First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro Ruz in Havana on March 29 afternoon.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received warm welcome from Cuban NA President Esteban Lazo Hernández and students and teachers at Vo Thi Thang Elementary School and University of Havana.

Vietnam and Cuba discussed ways to make their special ties more practical and effective with the focus on promising sectors such as economics, trade, investment, construction, agriculture, aquaculture and green energy.

Representatives from the Greater Mekong Subregion began the second working day of the 6th GMS Summit and the 10th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Summit in Hanoi on March 30 with a series of activities, focusing on crucial issues to the region.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was granted the Doctor Honoris Causa title in political science by the UH to recognise his important contributions to Vietnam’s nation-building cause and practical and theoretical views he shared with Cuba.

 Vietnam has accomplished all necessary preparations for level-2 field hospital in South Sudan, Colonel Nguyen Nhu Canh, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department, said at a press conference held in Hanoi on March 29.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has written an article entitled “Mekong – the River of cooperation and development” ahead of the GMS-6 and the CLV-10 scheduled for March 29-31 in Hanoi. 

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc highlighted the importance of cooperation in the fields of knowledge, technical assistance and technology transfer via RoK’s investments in Vietnam while receiving former RoK Minister of Policy Coordination.

 The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Senior Officials’ Meeting convened in Hanoi on March 29 in preparation for the upcoming sixth GMS Summit (GMS-6) on March 31.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received visiting Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in Hanoi on March 28.

 Senior official meetings of the sixth Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS-6) and the 10th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Summit (CLV-10) are scheduled to open in Hanoi on March 29.

 A new trade agreement along with other deals between Vietnamese and Cuban ministries, sectors and businesses are set to help bring the two countries’ relations to a new stage.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Dinh Quy and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore Chee Wee Kiong co-chaired the 11th political consultation between the two countries in Hanoi on March 28. 

President Tran Dai Quang had a telephone call on March 28 with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, congratulating him on his successful re-election. 

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and the high-level Vietnamese delegation arrived in Havana on March 28 afternoon (local time), beginning his State visit to Cuba.

The French press has carried a number of stories highlighting the official visit to France by Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation from March 25-27 at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron.

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong cut the ribbon during a ceremony in Paris on March 28 to deliver an A350 Airbus wide-body plane to the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines. 

 President Tran Dai Quang hosted separate receptions for the newly-accredited ambassadors of South Africa and Egypt to Vietnam in Hanoi on March 28.