Vietnam always treasures and wants to strengthen cooperation with Thailand, especially in agriculture and rural development, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.

Vietnam’s consistent policy is to protect and promote the basic rights of people, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said during the ministry’s regular press conference on September 22.

During his time in office, the late Japanese PM visited Việt Nam four times and made important contributions to promoting the development of the two countries' relations comprehensively across all fields.

"As reiterated on numerous occasions, Việt Nam is consistent policy is to safeguard and promote basic human rights," spokesperson for the foreign ministry Lê Thị Thu Hằng said

Around 1,000 Vietnamese citizens who have been tricked into forced labour in Cambodia have been rescued so far, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for a global approach, and international solidarity in response to climate change in his message to the informal Leaders' Roundtable on Climate Change in New York, co-chaired by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Egyptian President on September 22.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on September 22.

Vietnam values cooperation with Argentina’s Buenos Aires and wishes to diversify goods traded with the province, Ambassador Duong Quoc Thanh has said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has assigned urgent tasks to particular ministries and agencies to deal with current economic difficulties in the new situation during a Government law-building session on September 22.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the Government’s monthly law-building session on September 22, with a focus on response to the current global situation and some policies and laws.

The domestic pharmaceutical and herbal medicine sector have been told to ensure sufficient supplies of quality medicines at reasonable prices.

Acting health minister Đào Hồng Lan said that the legislation, when realised, is expected to address the current challenges in the health sector.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with outstanding representatives of ethnic minority groups from the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang in Hanoi on September 21.

A conference reviewing cooperation between An Giang and Cambodia’s Takeo province in the first half and setting orientations for the ties in the remaining months of the year took place in the Mekong Delta province on September 21.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on September 21.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, bilateral trade rose 18 per cent to US$13.21 billion in 2021 from $11.2 billion in 2019, and it could surpass $15 billion this year

The ultimate goal of the development programme for domestic pharmaceutical industry is to ensure the sufficient supply of medicines at reasonable costs for the people, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam at a meeting held in Hanoi on September 21.

The 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 77) was officially launched in New York on September 20 (local time), with Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, jointly chairing the opening.

A delegation of Hanoi capital led by Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan is paying a working visit to the United Kingdom (UK) from September 19-22.

Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, led a delegation to a UN exhibition on 100 years of multilateralism that opened in Geneva on September 20.