Politics ASEAN Future Forum 2026 reflects Vietnam’s growing strategic leadership: Malaysian scholar Speaking to a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Kuala Lumpur, Dr. Julia Roknifard, senior lecturer in international relations at Taylor’s University in Malaysia, said Vietnam has successfully integrated its foreign policy orientations and strategic vision towards 2030 into the forum agenda. 06/10/2026 16:56 | Vietnam Law Every act of kindness embodies patriotic emulation: Top leader 06/10/2026 15:33 | Vietnam Law Vietnam intensifies efforts to have EC’s IUU “yellow card” lifted 06/10/2026 10:46 | Vietnam Law Chairman of Italian Senate committee highly values relationship with Vietnam 06/10/2026 10:00 | Vietnam Law 1 Vietnam news | 07/11/2020 06:40 Ten newly-adopted laws to take effect next year The Presidential Office held a press conference in Hà Nội on Friday to announce the President’s order promulgating 10 laws adopted at the recent ninth session of the month-long 14th-tenure National Assembly, which closed late last month. 2 Vietnam news | 07/11/2020 06:39 Deputy Defence Minister holds virtual meeting with UN Under-Secretary General Lt Gen Nguyễn Chí Vịnh, Deputy Minister of National Defence, asked the United Nations on Friday to offer support to peacekeepers whose missions were extended due to COVID-19, including those from Việt Nam, during a virtual meeting with Atul Khare, UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support 3 VietnamPlus | 07/10/2020 21:56 NA Chairwoman asks Long An to promote regional connectivity Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on July 10 urged the Mekong Delta province of Long An to promote regional connectivity to grow further. 4 VietnamPlus | 07/10/2020 21:26 PM requests to promptly bring citizens home Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested ministries and relevant departments to actively bring home Vietnamese citizens who are stranded abroad, at a working session with the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi on July 10. 5 VietnamPlus | 07/10/2020 17:50 Deputy Defence Minister holds virtual meeting with UN Under-Secretary General Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of National Defence, asked the UN on July 10 to offer support to peacekeepers whose missions were extended due to COVID-19, including those from Vietnam, during a virtual meeting with Atul Khare, UN Under-Secretary General for Field Support. 6 VietnamPlus | 07/10/2020 17:48 Condolences extended to Ivory Coast over death of Prime Minister Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong on July 10 cabled a message of condolences to President of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara over the death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly. 7 VietnamPlus | 07/10/2020 17:33 Vietnam’s first ambassador to US believes in bright future for bilateral ties Vietnam-US relations now and 25 years ago are “like night and day” and will continue to flourish in the future, according to the first Vietnamese Ambassador to the US, Le Van Bang. 8 Vietnam news | 07/10/2020 17:21 Việt Nam backs preventive diplomatic measures to solve conflicts in West Africa and the Sahel 9 VietnamPlus | 07/10/2020 16:30 Ten newly-adopted laws to take effect next year The Presidential Office held a press conference in Hanoi on July 10 to announce the President’s order promulgating ten laws adopted at the recent ninth session of the 14th-tenure National Assembly. 10 VietnamPlus | 07/10/2020 13:59 Vietnam joins virtual ASEAN Chiefs of Army Multilateral Meeting Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Nghia, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) joined the virtual ASEAN Chiefs of Army Multilateral Meeting (ACAMM) on July 9. 11 Vietnam news | 07/10/2020 11:46 VN, Canada hold deputy foreign ministerial-level political consultation 12 VietnamPlus | 07/10/2020 11:28 Medical masks from Vietnamese NA presented to IPU Secretariat Vietnamese Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai on July 9 met with Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Martin Chungong and handed over medical masks which are a gift from the country’s National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan for the IPU Secretariat. 13 VietnamPlus | 07/10/2020 10:16 Vietnam willing to share anti-coronavirus experience with South Africa Vietnam is willing to share its experience in preventing and combating the COVID-19 pandemic with South Africa via online conferences as it has done with medical military forces of some countries recently, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of National Defence, told his South African counterpart Thabang Makwetla. 14 VietnamPlus | 07/09/2020 21:48 Ben Tre urged to step up public investment disbursement Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 9 urged the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre to work hard to complete yearly targets and tasks, with local public investment disbursement rate set at at least 90 percent. 15 VietnamPlus | 07/09/2020 21:19 Top Vietnamese, Cambodian leaders hold phone talks Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong and President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Prime Minister Hun Sen discussed issues regarding the relations between the two nations during their phone talks on July 9. 16 Vietnam news | 07/09/2020 20:20 Party leader Trọng holds phone talks with Cambodian PM 17 VietnamPlus | 07/09/2020 18:49 Vietnam, Canada hold deputy foreign ministerial-level political consultation Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Canada’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Morgan co-chaired the 2nd Vietnam - Canada political consultation at the deputy foreign ministerial level on July 9, which was held in the video conference format. 18 VietnamPlus | 07/09/2020 17:58 Investment attraction key to Dak Nong’s development: NA Chairwoman National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan urged Dak Nong to improve its business climate and boost investment attraction to welcome larger volumes of capital while attending the 10th session of the Central Highlands province’s 3rd-tenure People’s Council on July 9. 19 VietnamPlus | 07/09/2020 17:29 HCM City People’s Council meets to find measures to reach targets The 9th-tenure People’s Council of HCM City commenced its 20th session on July 9, during which key tasks and solutions for the remaining months will be planned to achieve this year’s targets. 20 VietnamPlus | 07/09/2020 16:43 Vietnam-US relations at level no one could imagine 25 years ago: Ambassador Vietnam-US relations have reached a level in both scope and scale that no one could have imagined 25 years ago, Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc said in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties (July 12). 1165 1166 1167 1168 1169