Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Mexico’s official news agency Notimex have agreed to boost information exchanges within the framework of their cooperation agreement recently signed in Mexico City.

Since its establishment in 1961 at an initiative of the UNESCO, the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies has become a forum at which news is directly exchanged among news agencies, helping popularize the official news from each country to the region and the world, a leader of the Vietnam News Agency has said.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met President of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium Siegfried Bracke in Brussels on April 3.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hailed the water pollution treatment idea suggested by Japanese environmental experts while receiving them in Hanoi on April 11.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Permanent Vietnam Mission to the United Nations, attended the First Committee on Disarmament and International Security’s debate on conventional weapons within the framework of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York on October 24.

During a discussion on the country’s current debt, NA deputies urged the Government to tighten the management of investment funds, as well as prioritize projects that help link different regions of the country and those with good return of investment.

Deputies of the 14th National Assembly on October 23 elected Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, as the State President for the 2016-2021 tenure during their on-going sixth session in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 22 highlighted the improvements in all aspects of Vietnam since 2016 while reporting on the country’s socio-economic situation this year and the development plan for 2019 to the National Assembly (NA) during its ongoing 6th session.

On the occasion of the official visit to Denmark by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc from October 19-20 at the invitation of Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, the two sides issued a joint statement.

Vietnam and the European Union demonstrated their efforts to push the early signing, ratification and implementation of their free trade agreement and Investment Protection Agreement during Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s ongoing visit to Europe.

The National Assembly Standing Committee has decided to extend the pilot e-visa program for foreign visitors to Vietnam by another two years during its 28th session on October 15-17 in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel have agreed to accelerate cooperation in numerous fields during the PM’s official four-day visit to Belgium starting from October 16.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held talks with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Austria, on October 15, as part of his official visit to the European country.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined leaders of other ASEAN countries at the opening ceremony of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund - World Bank Group on October 12 in Indonesia.

Vietnam and the United Kingdom issued a Joint Statement on the occasion of Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh’s official visit to the UK on October 9-10.

Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended the opening ceremony of the third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments (MSEAP 3) in Antalya, Turkey on October 9.

The Party Central Committee on October 6 wrapped up its 8th plenum after five days of working, with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in the chair. It issued an announcement on the work of the plenum.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded the role of Japan in boosting cooperation and development in the Mekong region over the past years at an interview granted to Japanese media on the occasion of his visit to Japan and participation in the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting in the country from October 8-10.

The eighth plenum of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee had the third working day in Hanoi on October 4.

All members of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee have agreed to introduce General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as a candidate for the post of President, to be elected in the 14th National Assembly’s sixth session.