Vietnam and Japan should pioneer in speeding up the signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership as the two nations have a strategic partnership, traditional friendship.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged newly-accredited US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink to promote the exchange of high-level delegations.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted receptions for newly-accredited Ambassadors of Cuba and Spain to Vietnam in Hanoi on December 26.

 Leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) Gennady Zyuganov has recognised the warm support of Vietnam to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Russia’s October Revolution.

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith successfully paid the official friendly visit to Vietnam from December 19-21. 

 A conference on Vietnam’s performance across three pillars of the ASEAN Community took place in Hanoi on December 26, gathering 100 representatives from ministries and sectors involved in cooperative activities with the bloc.

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has requested the army to maintain its core role in the all-people defence and security.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded effective cooperation between Japanese and Vietnamese businesses while receiving Special Advisor to the Japanese Cabinet Isao Iijima in Hanoi on December 23.

 President of the Moroccan House of Representatives Habib El Malki concluded Vietnam visit from December 16-22 at the invitation of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on December 22, talked on the phone with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.

 The United Nations (UN) should build a long-term and comprehensive strategy to prevent conflicts and maintain global peace, said Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN. 

 Vietnam and Laos issued a joint statement during the official friendly visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith from December 19-21.

 Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on December 21 held a meeting with President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in as part of his three-day visit to the country.

 The third Vietnam-Cambodia Defence Policy Dialogue at the deputy ministerial level was organised in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on December 21.

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith left Nghe An on December 21 and concluded the official friendly visit to Vietnam from December 19-21.

 The United Nations (UN) should build a long-term and comprehensive strategy to prevent conflicts and maintain global peace, said Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN.

President Tran Dai Quang and General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith hosted a press conference in Hanoi on December 20.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc thanked Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Charlotte Laursen for her important contributions to the two countries’ relations while receiving the outgoing diplomat in Hanoi on December 20.

 A ceremony took place at the ASEAN Secretariat headquarters in Indonesia to bid farewell to outgoing Secretary General Le Luong Minh.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay Dang Xuan Dung presented his letter of credentials to Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez in Uruguay’s capital city Montevideo on December 19.