Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined other ASEAN leaders and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the ASEAN–New Zealand Commemorative Summit on October 28, marking the 50th anniversary of their partnership.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong held their second annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 28 on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 28 joined leaders of ASEAN member states and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the 5th ASEAN – Australia Summit in Kuala Lumpur, part of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Permanent Secretary of the Singaporean Ministry of Defence Chan Heng Kee co-chaired the 16th Vietnam–Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue in central Da Nang city on October 28.

PM Pham Minh Chinh met with Brunei’s Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim, and Timor-Leste PM Xanana Gusmão on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 28.

The Vietnamese delegation, led by PM Chinh, participated actively and contributed effectively to nearly 20 multilateral activities within the framework of the summits, sharing several strategic directions shaping ASEAN’s future.

Deputy PM Nguyen Chi Dung’s participation provides an opportunity for Vietnam to present its dynamic business environment, new incentive policies, and priority national projects aimed at attracting high-quality capital from the Middle East.

The Border Guard Command of Vietnam’s northern province of Lao Cai and the Honghe border management unit in China’s Yunnan province jointly held a drill on preventing illegal border crossings on October 28.

Party General Secretary To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation attended a seminar with leading strategists on artificial intelligence (AI) and technology in the UK and the world, which was held in London on October 28.

Party General Secretary To Lam delivered a policy address to professors, lecturers, researchers, students and friends of Vietnam at the University of Oxford on the afternoon of October 28 (local time) as part of his ongoing official visit to the UK.

Residents of Abyei, a disputed area between Sudan and South Sudan, celebrated with dance and music on October 27 as Vietnamese military engineers completed the restoration of the Banton Bridge.

On the morning of October 28, General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, Ngo Phuong Ly, departed Hanoi for an official visit to the United Kingdom at the invitation of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

A delegation from Vietnam’s Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Hai Trung, has arrived in the Kingdom of Cambodia to attend the 3rd Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia Buddhist Summit.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed three major directions for the promotion of the ASEAN-Republic of Korea (RoK) Comprehensive Strategic Partnership while addressing the 26th ASEAN-RoK Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 27.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has called for stronger solidarity, enhanced connectivity, as well as bolder innovation within the ASEAN Plus Three framework to sustain inclusive and sustainable growth while effectively responding to global challenges and shocks.

Economic and trade ties between Vietnam and Saudi Arabia have made notable progress in recent years. Bilateral trade reached 3.1 billion USD in 2024, up 14.5% from 2023, and both countries aim to raise the figure to 10 billion USD by 2030.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and her Armenian counterpart Mnatsakan Safaryan co-chaired the VN– Armenia political consultation in Hanoi on October 27.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had meetings with leaders of the Republic of Korea (RoK), Indonesia, New Zealand, and the International Momentary Fund (IMF) in Kuala Lumpur on October 27, on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits.

The Vietnamese and Australian PMs agreed to step up all-level mutual visits and enhance coordination to contribute more actively and substantively to regional peace, stability, and cooperation.

The Vietnamese Navy’s Vessel 379 from Brigade 167 of Naval Region 2 conducted a joint drill with the Royal New Zealand Navy’s largest support vessel HMNZS Aotearoa in waters southeast of Ho Chi Minh City on October 27.