The 13th Party Central Committee convened a meeting in Hà Nội on Wednesday to consider and give opinions on the request of two high-ranking officials to relinquish their positions, stop work and retire.

The Party Central Committee held a meeting in Hanoi on January 31 to consider and make decisions on personnel affairs.

Outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to Uruguay Duong Quoc Thanh on January 30 came to bid farewell to Uruguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs Omar Paganini who affirmed that there is plenty of room for the two countries to further step up cooperation.

The Border Guard High Command has issued a plan on a peak crackdown on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing from now through April, it said on January 30.

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse Louise Araneta Marcos left Hanoi late January 30, concluding their State visit to Vietnam on January 29-30 at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse.

The NA Chairman suggested the two countries expand cooperation in just energy transition, safe digital transformation, and green energy, among others in the spirit of the strategic partnership

President Võ Văn Thưởng and his spouse hosted a banquet in honour of Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse, who are on a state visit to Việt Nam, in Hanoi on January 30 evening.

Việt Nam and the Philippines have issued a joint press statement on the occasion of the State visit to Việt Nam by Philippines’ President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.

Vietnam and the Philippines have issued a joint press statement on the occasion of the State visit to Vietnam by Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.

President Vo Van Thuong and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on January 30 visited the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, a world cultural heritage site in Hanoi, as part of the latter’s state visit to Vietnam.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue met with President of the Philippines Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. in Hanoi on January 30, describing the latter’s first state visit to Vietnam as a strong impetus to tighten the strategic partnership between the two countries.

President Vo Van Thuong and his visiting Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. agreed to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in various fields, during their talks in Hanoi on January 30 morning.

Việt Nam is the Philippines’ only strategic partner in ASEAN, and the Philippines continues to be Việt Nam’s largest rice importer. 

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., who is on a state visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on January 30.

President Vo Van Thuong and his visiting Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. agreed to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in various fields, during their talks in Hanoi on January 30 morning.

President Vo Van Thuong’s spouse Phan Thi Thanh Tam guided Mme. Louise Araneta Marcos, the spouse of visiting Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr, in a tour around the Hanoi Old Quarter and Hang Luoc street, the venue of one of the oldest and typical flower market in the capital city during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

Vietnam has recorded tangible changes in agro-forestry-fishery exports thanks to preferential tariffs in trade with member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after five years the trade pact took effect.

VUFO’s people-to-people diplomacy activities last year were closely attached and effectively contributed to high-level foreign affairs activities of the Party and State leaders.

The year2023 was an important milestone in the Vietnam-Netheralnds relations as the two countries celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties.