Foreign affairs

AMM 53 is one of the highlights of Vietnam’s ASEAN Chairmanship this year. The event consists of 20 meetings via video conference, joined by 27 delegations from four continents of different time zones. They include the 21st ASEAN 3 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the 10th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and the 27th ASEAN Regional Forum. … [Read more...] about ASEAN 2020: 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held online

Quarantine waived for foreigners entering on short-term diplomatic, business trips: Health ministry Foreigners entering Vietnam on a short-term working trip may not be subject to 14-day quarantine but there will be a number of conditions attached. … [Read more...] about Foreign visitors to Vietnam required to pay quarantine, testing fees

Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Foreign Minister and head of Vietnam's ASEAN SOM Nguyen Quoc Dung answered reporters’ queries about preparations and agenda for the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53) and related meetings during a press conference in Hanoi on September 7. … [Read more...] about Deputy FM talks agenda for 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam and China held the 13th round of negotiations of the working group on the sea area beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and the 10th round of talks of the working group for consultation on cooperation for mutual development at sea, both in the form of video conference, on September 9. The Vietnamese delegation was led by Nguyen Dang Thang, a department director at the National Boundary Commission under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Meanwhile, the Chinese side was led by Yang Renhuo, a representative for border and maritime issues at the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs under the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In a friendly and constructive atmosphere, the two sides exchanged opinions about the two working groups’ activities. They shared the view that on the basis of the agreed road map, the two sides will push ahead with negotiations on the delimitation of the sea area beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and cooperation for mutual … [Read more...] about Vietnam, China hold new round of negotiations on sea-related issues

Before the public debt crisis in Greece in 2010, the two sides often exchanged high-ranking delegations, including the official visit of Greece’s Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis in 2007, State President Nguyen Minh Triet’s official visit to Greece in 2008 and Greek President Karolos Papoulias’s official visit to Vietnam in the same year. … [Read more...] about Deputy PM’s Greece visit – driving force for bilateral ties: diplomat