President Vo Van Thuong had a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, China, on October 17 on the sidelines of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF).

State President Vo Van Thuong and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport around the noon of October 17, starting a trip to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF).

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar co-chaired the 18th meeting of the Vietnam-India Joint Committee for Economic, Trade, Science and Technology Cooperation in Hanoi on October 16.

Vietnamese and Russian parliaments also reached an agreement to expand the exchange of information, policies, and legal issues in areas such as digital economy, development and management of cyberspace, high technology, etc.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Victorovich Volodin held talks in Hanoi on October 15.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Israel Ly Duc Trung on October 12 called for the establishment of working groups among the Vietnamese community in Israel to support each other amidst the current conflict.

The naval forces of Vietnam and Singapore joined in a friendship exchange on Sailing Ship 286-Le Quy Don on October 12, part of the Vietnamese vessel’s visit to the city state.

Nguyen Minh Hang, Assistant Foreign Minister and Director-General of the Department of Economic Affairs, has been picked as deputy minister of Foreign Affairs.

Vietnamese State President Vo Van Thuong will attend the third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing from October 16-20 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press communique on October 12.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel said on October 12 that a group of 15 Vietnamese agricultural apprentices who are studying in an area near the Gaza Strip has been temporarily relocated to a safer location.

Helicopter frigate HMAS Toowoomba of Royal Australian Navy (RAN) docked at Ho Chi Minh City’s Nha Rong wharf on October 12 on a goodwill visit to Vietnam.

Lieutenant General Daniel Paul Leaf, deputy commander and acting commander of the US Pacific Command, has been appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam as honorary consul of Vietnam to the United States.

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar is scheduled to pay an official visit to Vietnam and co-chair the 18th session of the Vietnam – India Joint Commission on October 15-17.

The Government has issued Resolution 168/NQ-CP on the national strategy on corruption and negative phenomena prevention and control until 2030, highlighting five major groups of tasks and solutions to enhance the efficiency of the work.

The 27th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened on October 11.

President Vo Van Thuong hosts Japanese Foreign Minister

Sailing ship 286-Le Quy Don of the Vietnam Naval Academy under the Vietnam People’s Navy docked at Changi port on October 10, beginning a friendly visit to Singapore.

Vietnam has and will continue to pledge its active and responsible engagement in disaster management activities in the ASEAN region, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep has said.

The foreign ministry advises Vietnamese citizens to temporarily avoid areas of conflict.

The 13th Party Central Committee concluded its 8th plenum on Sunday morning, with all of its agenda completed after seven working days.