Promoting more balanced trade, expanding defense and security cooperation, and strengthening people-to-people ties are three major priorities for US Ambassador to Vietnam Jennifer Wicks.

US Ambassador Jennifer Wicks has pledged close coordination with both countries’ agencies to prepare for upcoming high-level visits and advance Vietnam-US relations.

Vietnam firmly opposes illegal reclamation and construction activities in the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago and has lodged a strong diplomatic protest, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on August 28.

General Secretary and President To Lam delivered a speech at a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2, 1945 –2026) at the Ho Guom Opera House in Hanoi on August 28.

A delegation representing the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, the State, the National Assembly and the Government laid a wreath and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum on August 28, ahead of the 81st National Day.

Development can improve lives, but it can also leave deep scars when communities lose their voice, identity and ties to family. International experience offers important lessons for Vietnam.

Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has thanked Vietnam for its consistent support for Myanmar’s development and nation-building efforts, as well as at ASEAN and regional and international forums.

Ahead of Vu Lan, Minister Nguyen Dinh Khang met Buddhist leaders in Hanoi, praising the Sangha’s work and the festival’s deep connection to Vietnamese traditions of gratitude.

The Politburo’s new resolution on overseas Vietnamese affairs carries significant political, diplomatic and national development implications for Vietnam, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said.

The opening session of the World Peoples Assembly Days in Vietnam took place in Hanoi on August 25, marking the first time the event has been held in Vietnam.

Major Singaporean media outlets on August 24-25 extensively covered the official visit by Politburo member and Standing member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Secretariat Tran Cam Tu.

Officials have been told to resolve technical and data bottlenecks quickly as Vietnam works to integrate its ethnic affairs and religious databases with the National Data Center by Sept. 20.

Vietnam remains resolute in preventing origin fraud and the illegal transshipment of goods, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on August 20.

Vietnam welcomes and hopes that China will continue to simplify visa procedures for Vietnamese citizens entering China, said Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang at the ministry’s press briefing on August 20.

The Consulate General of Vietnam, in coordination with Vladivostok authorities and the Vietnam Friendship Association in Russia's Primorye region, held a flower-laying ceremony on August 19.

A delegation from the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV), led by Deputy State Auditor General Bui Quoc Dung, held talks with the Czech Supreme Audit Office (SAO) in Prague on August 20.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam’s state visits to Australia and New Zealand from August 9-14 have created fresh momentum for stronger ties and opened new avenues for cooperation, Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung said.

The Vietnamese Government has issued Resolution 235/NQ-CP approving the Implementation Agreement on carbon credits collaboration under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement on climate change between the Vietnamese and Singaporean governments.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Van Gau held talks with the US Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on August 14.

Vietnamese and New Zealand research institutions have agreed to deepen regular cooperation, including a proposal to establish a Vietnam Centre at the New Zealand Asia Institute (NZAI) at the University of Auckland.