Party General Secretary and President To Lam, his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly and a high-ranking delegation arrived in Paris early September 10, beginning an official visit to France.

A box of clean soil from Da Nang Airport carries with it a story of land once contaminated by war, of responsibility toward the past, and of the long effort by Vietnam and the United States to heal the wounds between two nations.

As part of the delegation accompanying General Secretary and President To Lam on his state visit to Russia, Minister Nguyen Dinh Khang held talks on September 8 with Stanislav Bedkin, Deputy Head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs.

Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his wife arrived in Ulaanbaatar on Sept. 9, receiving a traditional Mongolian welcome with Khadag scarves and Aaruul.

Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Policy and Strategy Nguyen Thanh Nghi held talks with RANEPA Director Alexey Komissarov in Moscow on September 8.

National Assembly President Tran Thanh Man, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation left Seoul on September 9, concluding their official visit to the Republic of Korea.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam held a meeting with Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia Valentina Matvienko in Moscow on September 8 (local time).

Vietnam considers its traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia a top foreign policy priority, Party General Secretary and President To Lam said.

President of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man met with Chairman of the Korea-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group Moon Jin Seok in Seoul on September 8 morning (local time).

Party General Secretary and President To Lam highlighted maritime cooperation as a promising area for Vietnam and Russia during a meeting with Russian Presidential Aide and Maritime Board Chairman Nikolai Patrushev in Moscow on September 8.

National Assembly (NA) President Tran Thanh Man met with leaders of major Republic of Korea (RoK) conglomerates investing in Vietnam during his official visit to the country on the afternoon of September 8.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation attended the opening of a Vietnam-Russia heritage and cultural space at VGIK in Moscow on September 8. The event was part of their state visit to Russia.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam met Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin in Moscow on September 8 as part of his state visit to Russia.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin called for stronger breakthroughs in bilateral trade during their meeting in Moscow on September 8.

General Phan Van Giang said Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense welcomes a delegation of senior Russian Defense Ministry officials to attend the Vietnam International Defense Expo this December.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung will attend the 18th BRICS Summit and hold bilateral meetings in India from Sept. 12-13 at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have become major economic partners since they established diplomatic relations in 1992, with bilateral trade and investment continuing to grow.

National Assembly President Tran Thanh Man and his RoK counterpart Cho Jeong-sik held talks in Seoul on September 7, agreeing on measures to deepen their countries’ comprehensive strategic partnership.

The Working Group III – Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) convened its 10th intersessional meeting in the northern province of Ninh Binh on September 7.

President of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man met with Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Kim Min Seok in Seoul on September 7, part of his official visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK).