ASEAN should have a strategic and comprehensive vision, and improve its resilience capacity to grasp opportunities and handle global headwinds for stable and sustainable development, PM Pham Minh Chinh said on April 23.

For Vietnamese diplomacy, the Geneva Accords were the first multilateral international agreement that Vietnam had negotiated and implemented as a signatory.

ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn had a dialogue with ASEAN youth in Hanoi on April 22 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Future Forum (AF 2024).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone, who is in Hanoi to attend the ASEAN Future Forum, on April 22.

The Investigation Police Agency on April 21 started legal proceedings against and issued arrest and house search warrants to Pham Thai Ha, deputy head of the National Assembly (NA) Office and Assistant to the NA Chairman.

The ASEAN Future Forum (AFF), an initiative by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, will take place in Hanoi on April 23 to share new initiatives on ASEAN’s future vision, said Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet.

More than 40 companies and agencies from 19 foreign countries and territories worldwide have confirmed their participation in the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2024.

The Politburo and the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat held a meeting in Hanoi on April 14 to decide disciplinary measures on a number of Party organisations and members committing violations.

A representative of Vietnam has affirmed the youth’s commitment to joining hands in climate change response, while attending a plenary session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum in New York on April 17.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh offered incense in commemoration of the Hung Kings, the legendary founders of Vietnam, at Kinh Thien Palace on Nghia Linh Mountain in Viet Tri city, Phu Tho province, on April 18 (the 10th day of the third lunar month).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh paid homage to General Vo Nguyen Giap and met with families of fighting in the Dien Bien Phu soldiers Campaign and policy victims in Muong Phang commune, Dien Bien Phu city, on April 16.

The northeastern province of Quang Ninh again secured its top place in the Public Administrative Reform (PAR) Index ranking in 2023 which was announced by the Government’s Steering Committee for Administrative Reform on April 17.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received visiting CEO of Apple Tim Cook in Hanoi on April 16, who he once met in the US in September 2022.

Vietnam and Australia on April 16 vowed to strengthen climate and energy cooperation to achieve emissions reduction targets and promote sustainability in the region at the Australia-Vietnam Green Economy Summit.

On the occasion of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's birthday (April 14), leaders of countries and political parties have sent letters and messages of congratulations to the Party chief.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an international press conference in Hanoi on April 15 to announce Vietnam's National Report under the United Nations Human Rights Council’s fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism.

The “Meet Indonesia” Conference 2024 took place in Nha Trang city, the south central province of Khanh Hoa on March 22.

During her visit, Ambassador Tilley will convene with senior government officials, building on the momentum established by recent high-level exchanges between Australia and Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang will pay official friendship visits to Cuba and Venezuela from April 14-19.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel on April 12 recommended Vietnamese nationals residing, studying, and working in the Middle East country to proactively take security measures amid the escalating tension between Israel and Iran.