Vietnam always attaches importance and gives high priority to contributing to common efforts to raise the role of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) cooperation, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.

 President Tran Dai Quang, his spouse, and a high-level delegation left Hanoi on March 2 morning to pay a three-day State visit to India.

 The Government has asked ministries, sectors and localities to closely monitor developments of domestic and global situations to devise suitable policies, said Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.

 The chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee has asked the municipal Department of Home Affairs to abort a plan of recruiting 1,000 public servants.

 The Vietnam Peacekeeping Department needs to enhance research and improve training quality to prepare good personnel for the UN peacekeeping missions, firstly the deployment of the first level-2 field hospital in South Sudan this year. 

 The Government convened its regular meeting, the first sitting in the Lunar New Year, in Hanoi on March 1 chaired by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

 The foreign affairs bodies of the Party, Government and National Assembly have agreed to continue working closely to implement the country’s external relations tasks in 2018.

 President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse will pay a State visit to India from March 2-4 at the invitation of Indian President Ram Nath Kovind. 

 President Tran Dai Quang has said that Vietnam encourages more investments from India so that the latter will become one of the top investors in Vietnam.

 Vietnam will make efforts to ensure that its citizens fully enjoy human rights, said Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of the permanent Vietnamese mission to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland.  

 Vietnam attaches importance to its cooperation with and wants to continue receiving more support from the International Trade Centre (ITC), said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

 The Vietnamese permanent mission to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva on February 27 held a seminar on the role of ICT in promoting economic, cultural and social rights, and reducing inequality.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in India held a press conference on February 27 on the upcoming State visit to India by President Tran Dai Quang, highlighting the trip’s importance to bilateral ties.

 Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Petteri Taalas has proposed Vietnam soon appoint a permanent representative to the organisation. 

 The upcoming State visit to India by Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang, from March 2-4, is expected to help promote cooperation between the two countries, while deepening ties in national defence and security.

Vietnamese Ambassador Duong Chi Dung attended the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council which opened in Geneva on February 26.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s upcoming official visit to Australia in March will set up an important milestone in the relations between the two nations, creating a solid foundation to raise the bilateral ties.

 President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse will pay State visits to India from March 2-4 and Bangladesh from March 4-6.

 Tran Hong Ha, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, speaks about his commitments to assure Viet Nam will be wealthy and clean.

Australia and Vietnam established diplomatic relations in 1973 after negotiations were concluded in Paris that resulted in an Agreement to End the War and Restore the Peace in Vietnam.