Socio-economic cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and other southeastern localities has produced significant outcomes, giving a boost to many sectors like industry, real estate, investment-trade, health care and education, an official has said.

Many southern localities have formed and optimised trans-regional tourism products to promote the attractiveness of both local and regional tourism.

A ceremony to launch the Vietnam-Italy Year 2023 was held in Rome on March 31 evening in celebration of the 50th founding anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic relations (March 23, 1973-2023), and the 10th anniversary of their strategic partnership.

The Vietnam - Holy See Joint Working Group held the 10th-round meeting in the Vatican on March 31 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Monsignor Miroslaw Wachowski, Under-Secretary for the Holy See's Relations with States.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited Khanh Hoa’s General Hospital and SOS Children's Village Nha Trang, and attended the inaugural ceremony of a theatre in Nha Trang city, within the framework of his working visit to the south central province.

The 12th Vietnam-US Political, Security and Defence Dialogue was held in Washington D.C on March 30 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc and US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Jessica Lewis.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Liu Ning, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in Hanoi on March 31.

Secretary of the Binh Duong provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi had a meeting on March 31 with visiting former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet and a delegation of the Cerro Navia municipality in Santiago.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received Liu Ning, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in Hanoi on March 31 during his visit to Vietnam.

The preparation for the ninth Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians was among the issues discussed at a working session between National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) in Hanoi on March 31.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam resolutely opposes to and demands Taiwan (China) to cancel live-fire drills in the waters around Ba Binh (Itu Aba) belonging to Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly), vice spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on March 31.

Speakers from the British Museum and Library have introduced documents on Vietnam’s culture and its long-standing ties with the UK, at a discovering-Vietnam event held at the D-Contemporary in central London.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Italian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Maria Tripodi co-chaired the fifth political consultation between the two ministries to discuss orientations to promote the bilateral Strategic Partnership in the coming time.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception for Liu Ning, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in Hanoi on March 30, discussing a wide range of issues to boost ties between the two sides.

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

Vietnamese State, Government and National Assembly (NA) leaders on March 30 sent messages of congratulations to their Malaysian counterparts on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the two nations’ diplomatic relations (March 30, 1973-2023).

The Foreign Ministers of Vietnam and Malaysia on March 30 issue a joint press communique on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications of San Marino have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on enhancing political consultations.

President of the Vietnam-Malaysia Friendship Association Ngo Sach Thuc has highlighted the important role of people-to-people diplomacy in the bilateral ties in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-Malaysia diplomatic relations (March 30, 1973-2023).