Politics

Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu received Ma Wenfeng, Director General of the Foreign Affairs Office of China’s Guangdong province in Hanoi on June 23.

Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, commended the practical achievements made by the bloc’s Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) despite a challenging international environment.

The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) hopes to expand cooperation with Irish partners through global-scale joint research programmes, as well as scholarships and short-term training courses aimed at developing strategic human resources, particularly mid- and high-level officials of the Vietnamese Party.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man hosted a farewell reception in Hanoi on June 23 for outgoing Palestinian Ambassador to Vietnam Saadi Salama.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Bulgaria are moving to expand cooperation in the fields of law and justice, with a focus on digital transformation, human resource development and improving the effectiveness of judicial institutions.

VOV.VN - Vietnam places great importance on relations with India and regards the country as a trusted and steadfast friend with deep historical and cultural links, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man said while receiving Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Tshering Wangchuk Sherpa in Hanoi on June 23.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Hang held a host of meetings with Australian officials during her working visit to Australia on June 22-23 to discuss bilateral cooperation and preparations for APEC 2027.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Phan Van Giang on June 23 received Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam James Nickel in Hanoi, with both sides discussing bilateral defence cooperation in areas with strong potential.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has laid stress on the need to remove institutional and policy bottlenecks to boost the development of strategic technologies and shorten the time from research to product development and market access.

The Presidential Office held a press conference on June 23 to announce the Presidential Order promulgating two ordinances adopted by the 16th National Assembly Standing Committee at its third session.

VOV.VN - Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung visited Cuba from June 20 to 22 as special envoy of Party General Secretary and President To Lam to inform the Communist Party of Cuba of the results of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and discuss cooperation between the two Parties and countries.

Vietnam and Canada on June 22 opened a United Nations Staff Officer Course (UNSOC) at the headquarters of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VDPO) under the Ministry of National Defence.

Amid the current international landscape, Vietnam’s position within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is key to maintaining the balance of the region as a whole, according to Grigory Trofimchuk, a Russian expert on international relations.

VOV.VN - The leading role of the state sector cannot be affirmed through slogans, and even less through subsidies, monopolies or an ‘ask–give’ mechanism, Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has emphasised.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has reaffirmed that Vietnam regards the United States as one of its most strategically important partners as the two countries continue to advance their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in a substantive, effective and deeper manner.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung has stressed that Vietnam's revised national land-use plan should not only address immediate development needs but also incorporate a long-term vision through 2050 to ensure a unified development space across regions and localities.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has called on the United States to further advance cooperation on addressing war legacy, including providing an additional US$130 million for the Bien Hoa dioxin remediation project and expanding support for the identification of Vietnamese personnel missing in action.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has called on the People's Security Academy (PSA) to take the lead in researching, developing and refining Vietnam’s national security doctrine to meet emerging challenges posed by rapid advances in science, technology, artificial intelligence and cyberspace.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on June 22 attended a ceremony marking the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Security Academy (June 25, 1946 – 2026), while also conferring the Hero of the People’s Armed Forces title on the institution for the third time.

VOV.VN - Over more than a century of development, Vietnam’s revolutionary press has accumulated a vast body of data. This represents a content “gold mine” if it is properly organised and effectively utilised in the digital environment.