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.

The year 2023 was an important milestone in the Vietnam-Netheralnds relations as the two countries celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties.

President Vo Van Thuong hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on January 29 for new Ambassadors of Poland, Spain and Bangladesh to Vietnam and the outgoing Mozambican Ambassador.

The ASEAN Foreign Ministers (AMM)'s Retreat concluded in Luang Prabang, Laos, on January 29 with participants agreeing on Thailand’s initiative to establish a humanitarian corridor to provide aid for people displaced due to conflict in Myanmar.

Nearly 40 ambassadors, more than 50  cultural and press attachés of foreign representative agencies in Việt Nam, and almost 50 correspondents and press assistants of foreign press agencies in Việt Nam attended the event.

Both sides discussed and agreed to cooperate on climate change response, especially in maritime security in the region.

Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn and other delegates reiterated ASEAN’s common principled stance on the East Sea (known internationally as the South China Sea), and called on the grouping to persistently support Myanmar.

President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) Nguyen Xuan Thang held a working session in Hanoi on January 29 with Chancellor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) Park Cheol-hee.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang on January 29 chaired the ministry’s annual meeting with representatives from foreign representative agencies and foreign press agencies in Vietnam on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang on January 29 chaired the ministry’s annual meeting with representatives from foreign representative agencies and foreign press agencies in Vietnam on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

President Vo Van Thuong hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on January 29 for new Ambassadors of Poland, Spain and Bangladesh to Vietnam and the outgoing Mozambican Ambassador.

In his opening remarks, PM Chính said the Government and each cabinet member have actively demonstrated a high sense of responsibility to effectively and synchronously implement strategic breakthroughs on institutional reforms with innovations and remarkable, impactful results.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had meetings with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara and Malaysian Foreign Minister Utama Haji Mohamad Bin Haji Hasan in Luang Phrabang, Laos on January 29 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat.

The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) on January 29 held an annual dialogue on enhancing the Vietnam - RoK comprehensive strategic partnership for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific.