
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid a visit to Chu Dau ancient pottery village in Thai Tan commune, Nam Sach district, on April 8, as part of his working visit to the northern province of Hai Duong.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen on the sidelines of the third Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Siam Reap, Cambodia, on April 4.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc departed Hanoi for Cambodia on April 4, where he will attend the third Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Siem Reap from April 4-5 at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong received Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Hanoi on April 2, voicing his hope that the official will contribute more to the countries’ comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held a working session with the Dutch Cooperative Organization - Agriterra in the Dutch city of Arnhem on March 28 while visiting the World Horti Center.

Politburo member and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Economic Affairs Nguyen Van Binh received a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by division chief in IMF’s Asia-Pacific department Alex Mourmouras in Hanoi on March 29.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and the high-level Vietnamese delegation arrived in Havana on March 28 afternoon (local time), beginning his State visit to Cuba.

President Tran Dai Quang expressed his delight at the development of the Vietnam-Belarus friendship and cooperation in all fields while hosting Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko in Hanoi on March 28.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a rehearsal of activities of the sixth Greater Mekong Sub-region Summit (GMS-6) and the 10th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Summit (CLV-10) in Hanoi on March 27.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he wants to strengthen the strategic partnership with Vietnam while holding talks with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong in Paris on March 27.

Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan arrived at Schiphol International Airport, Amsterdam, on March 26 morning (local time), beginning her three-day official visit to the Netherlands at the invitation of Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives Khadija Arib.

The official visit to France from March 25-27 by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and a high-raking Vietnamese delegation is being made at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official visit to France between March 25-27 and a state visit to Cuba from March 28-30.

President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea and his spouse began a three-day State visit to Vietnam on March 22.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will attend the 138th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-138) and related meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 24-25 and pay an official visit to the Netherlands from March 26-28.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit, held at the International Convention Centre, on March 17.

The sixth Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS-6) Summit and the 10th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV-10) Development Triangle Summit, scheduled to take place in Hanoi from March 29-31, are considered two of the most important multilateral external events in 2018.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull signed a joint statement on the establishment of the Vietnam-Australia Strategic Partnership following their talks in Canberra on March 15.

A grand welcome ceremony was held with cannon salute for Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and the high-level delegation of Vietnam at the Parliament House on Capitol Hill, Canberra, Australia on March 15.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse left New Zealand on the afternoon of March 14 (local time) to begin an official visit to Australia at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc advocated boosting cooperation between Vietnam and New Zealand in fields of mutual interest such as education-training, organic agriculture, smart agriculture, and infrastructure while addressing the Vietnam-New Zealand Business Forum in Auckland on March 13.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee convened its 22nd session in Hanoi on March 12, helmed by NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc leaves Hanoi on March 11 for an official visit to New Zealand from March 12-14 at the invitation of New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung attended the ASEAN Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) in Singapore from March 7-8.

The Vietnamese Government has attached much importance to and ordered relevant ministries to closely work with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to organize the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in 2018, one of the most important diplomatic events in the country in the year.

President Tran Dai Quang and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina agreed to exert greater efforts to double the two countries’ two-way trade, which stood at nearly US$900 million in 2017, during their talks in Dhaka on March 5.

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception for Bangladeshi Minister of Foreign Affairs Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali right after his arrival in the capital city of Dhaka on March 4.

President Tran Dai Quang lauded external economic activities and trade promotion abroad during a meeting with 45 commercial counsellors and chiefs of Vietnamese commercial offices overseas on March 1 in Hanoi.

Economic chiefs of the 10 ASEAN countries gathered in Singapore on March 1 for the 24th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Retreat (AEM Retreat).

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh highly valued the coordination between foreign affairs bodies of the Party, Government and National Assembly.