VGP – Party General Secretary, State President Nguyen Phu Trong on January 23 in Ha Noi hosted a reception for Thai Deputy PM, and Minister of Defense Prawit Wongsuwan who was on a an official visit to Viet Nam. 

VGP – Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy has urged the United Nations Security Council to demonstrate its strong and effective leadership to take specific actions and join the sides involved to ensure their compliance to the council’s resolutions, aiming to end violence and damage to civilians and help reach a comprehensive, fair and sustainable solution that embraces the legitimate interests of all parties.

VGP – Viet Nam regards the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) as an obligation of a responsible member of the United Nations (UN) as well as an opportunity to introduce the country’s consistent policies, efforts and achievements in protecting human rights, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung.

VGP - The 231st anniversary of Australia Day was held on January 22 by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO), indicating the friendship and solidarity between the city’s people and their Australian counterparts.

VGP - Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong in Ha Noi on January 22 received President of the Senate of Australia Scott Ryan, who is on an official visit to Viet Nam.

VGP – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung proposed measures to boost effective and practical cooperation between ASEAN and the EU in spheres of climate change adaption, anti-terrorism, prevention of trans-national crimes and cyber security, border management, prevention of illegal fishing and sustainable development. 

VGP – Party General Secretary, State President Nguyen Phu Trong on January 21 hosted a reception for Chinese Ambassador to Viet Nam Xiong Bo in Ha Noi. 

VGP – Australian Senate President Scott Ryan and a high-ranking delegation started an official visit to Viet Nam from January 20-25 at the invitation of Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on January 20. 

VGP - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-level delegation of Viet Nam to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), set to take place in Davos, Switzerland, from January 22-25.