Vietnam always considers the US one of the top important partners, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue told a delegation of members of the US Congress led by Senator Jeff Merkley during a reception in Hanoi on April 8.

President Vo Van Thuong’s selection of Laos as the first country to visit in his new position is meant to affirm Vietnam’s consistent policy of treasuring and giving the highest priority to the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Laos, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet.

Vietnam always considers the US as one of the most important partners in its foreign policy, and highly appreciates the US government and political circles' support for a strong, prosperous, self-reliance and independent Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told a delegation of the US Congress led by Senator Jeff Merkley in Hanoi on April 8. ​

Former Chilean Michelle Bachelet recently granted an interview to the Vietnam News Agency during her trip to Vietnam on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of Vietnam-Chile diplomatic ties (March 25).

Ambassador of the Netherlands to Vietnam Kees van Baar grants an interview to Vietnam News Agency on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-Netherlands diplomatic relationship.

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Chernyshenko visited the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) and met its leader, lecturers and students on April 7.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 7 for Attorney Chung Kye-sung, a senior partner and the chair of the Finance Practice at Kim & Chang, the leading law firm in the Republic of Korea.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated Chea Kimtha on being appointed as the first female Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam during a reception in Hanoi on April 7.

Politburo member and Minister of Public Security To Lam paid a courtesy call to Prime Minister Han Duck-soo in Seoul on April 7 as part of his trip to the Republic of Korea.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 7 for Malaysian Ambassador to Vietnam Dato’ Tan Yang Thai who was newly appointed.

State President Vo Van Thuong and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam will pay an official visit to Laos from April 10-11.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on April 7 chaired a meeting of the Party Central Committee’s Politburo and Secretariat on a project reviewing the implementation of a resolution on building the contingent of intellectuals in the period of accelerating industrialisation and modernisation.

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

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Chernyshenko co-chaired the 24th meeting of the countries’ Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic, Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation in Hanoi on April 6.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 6 received Russian Deputy PM Dmitry Chernyshenko, who is in Vietnam for an official visit and to co-chair the 24th session of the Vietnam-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for economic, trade and scientific-technical cooperation.

A high-ranking delegation of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) led by Minister Gen. To Lam had talks with Prosecutor General of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (SPO) Lee Won-seok in Seoul on April 6.

President Vo Van Thuong highly valued the diplomatic sector’s contributions to national defence while attending a conference held in Hanoi on April 6 to review the 10-year implementation of the Party Central Committee’s resolution on the strategy for safeguarding the Fatherland in the new context.

Deputy spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang has affirmed Vietnam’s determination to fight illegal migration while responding to the report that seven of the 20 bodies found on the coast of Taiwan (China) carried Vietnamese personal papers and were victims of human trafficking.

Deputy spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang on April 6 affirmed Vietnam’s consistent viewpoint that activities in the East Sea must strictly comply with international law while commenting on the report that Chinese vessel Haiyang Dizhi 4 recently operated in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

The Vietnam-Laos defence cooperation, which has developed comprehensively and effectively in recent years, is one of the important pillars in the nations’ relationship, stated Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien on April 6.