
President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse will pay State visits to India from March 2-4 and Bangladesh from March 4-6.

President Tran Dai Quang joined 200 representatives of 21 ethnic groups from around the country for the opening ceremony of the annual spring festival at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay district, Hanoi on February 24.

The FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) is organizing its annual seminars on ASEAN, highlighting technology, innovation and entrepreneurship in three member states – Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited Vietinbank and Vietcombank, two of the largest lenders in Vietnam, on February 21 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.

President Tran Dai Quang launched a national tree-planting festival in memory of President Ho Chi Minh at a ceremony in the mountainous northern province of Bac Kan on February 21.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a festival marking the 229th anniversary of Ngoc Hoi–Dong Da victory against Chinese Qing invaders on February 20 (the fifth day of the Lunar New Year).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong extended the best wishes to officials and people of Hung Yen while visiting the northern province on February 19 - the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to Hanoi’s Party Committee, authorities and people on the night of February 15 (the last day of the last lunar month).

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Overseas Vietnamese are engaging in a wide range of activities in celebration of the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), the most important holiday in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited and presented Tet gifts to over 100 needy workers in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on February 8.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on February 7 held a reception for a delegation of overseas Vietnamese (OV) who returned home to join the “Xuan Que huong 2018” (Homeland Spring 2018) program.

A get-together to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) was held in Hanoi on February 6 by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) and the Committee for Foreign Non-governmental Organisation Affairs (COMINGO)

Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended a Tet celebration program in the northern province of Hai Duong on February 6.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, head of Vietnam ASEAN SOM, attended the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (ASEAN SOM) which opened on February 5 in Singapore to prepare contents for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, accompanied by a delegation of high-ranking Vietnamese Government officials, arrived in Vientiane, Laos on February 4 to kick start his two-day visit to the neighbouring country as he attends and co-chairs the 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee from February 4-5.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Nguyen Hai Bang asked the Thai Government to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese businesses, as well as the Vietnamese community living and working in the country during a reception hosted by Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha in Bangkok on January 31.

President Tran Dai Quang laid a wreath and offered incense at the Ben Duoc Monument in the Cu Chi district of Ho Chi Minh City on January 31 to commemorate the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Mau Than General Offensive and Uprising in spring 1968.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had bilateral meetings with leaders of Singapore, Thailand and Myanmar on the sidelines of the ASEAN – India Commemorative Summit in New Delhi, India, on January 25.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with top executives of several leading Indian businesses, namely Tata, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), ONGC, and vDoIT shortly after arriving in New Delhi on January 24.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse left Hanoi for India on January 24 to attend the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and the 69th anniversary of the Republic Day in India at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue and a Vietnamese delegation on January 23 morning attended the 48th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high level Vietnamese delegation will pay an official visit to India and attend the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in New Delhi, from January 24-26.

The Hanoi Declaration on a New Vision for Asia – Pacific Parliamentary Partnership was approved at the APPF-26’s final plenary session in Hanoi on January 20 afternoon.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will attend the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and the 69th anniversary of the Republic Day in India from January 24-26 as guests of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception for President of the Senate of Malaysia’s Parliament S. Vigneswaran M. Sanasee on January 18, who is in Hanoi to attend the 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26).

The 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26), themed “Parliamentary partnership for peace, innovation and sustainable development”, is to open in Hanoi on January 18 with three key meetings scheduled for the day.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, who is the President of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) for the 2017-2018 tenure, chaired a dress rehearsal for the 26th Annual Meeting of the APPF (APPF-26) on January 16.

How to develop in a rapid and sustainable way in order to escape the middle-income trap remains a major challenge facing Vietnam’s economy, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc while addressing the second Vietnam Economic Forum in Hanoi on January 11.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc called for formation of regulations to manage operation of reservoirs along the Mekong river while attending the second Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday.