Politics

PHNOM PENH — Senior officials of ASEAN convened both in person and via video conference on Wednesday in Cambodia, Chair of the bloc in 2022, to review preparations and the agenda for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Retreat. The ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) was attended by ASEAN SOM leaders of the …

  Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính had a telephone call with Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla late Tuesday from Hà Nội on the delivery of paediatric COVID-19 vaccines to Việt Nam. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla …

  The national online conference on the collective economy was held on Tuesday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Dương Giang HÀ NỘI — Chairing a conference on the collective economy and cooperatives, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said the country had recorded important achievements after more than 35 years of “Đổi mới” (Renewal). These …

  Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam shared its experience in poverty reduction and overcoming crises, at the 60th session of the UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD) taking place from February 7-16 in New York. Addressing a session on COVID recovery and eradicating poverty, Ambassador …

  Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chairing a meeting on land reforms on Monday in Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Dương Giang HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Monday chaired the fourth meeting of the national steering committee for reviewing land laws and policies, with the ultimate aim …

  PM Phạm Minh Chính (second, right) met with President for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) Alok Kumar Sharma (third, right) and Ambassador of the UK to Việt Nam Gareth Ward (first, left) on Monday. VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính suggested the UK and development …

  Photo for illustration, courtesy of Vietnam Airlines.  HÀ NỘI — Japanese authorities have reportedly identified the suspect caller who threatened to shoot down a Vietnam Airlines plane last month, according to the Ministry of Transport. The man, whose identity has not been disclosed, is a Japanese citizen who said he …

  Vietnamese FM Bùi Thanh Sơn (R) meets with RoK NA Speaker Park Byeong-seug. VNA/VnExpress News Photo Khánh Vân SEOUL — Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn met with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug and the RoK’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister …

  Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn (left) met Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea Chung Eui-yong on Thursday. VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn on Thursday met with his South Korean counterpart Chung Eui-yong, as part of his official …

HÀ NỘI – President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc received the newly-appointed ambassadors of Mexico and the US, who came to present their credentials to the Vietnamese leader in Hà Nội on Friday. At the reception for Mexican Ambassador Alejandro Negrin Munoz, President Phúc said he believed that the diplomat will excellently fulfill …