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The Le Quy Don sailing ship in Indonesia (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - A sailing ship of the Vietnam People’s Navy docked at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta on May 1, beginning a four-day visit to Indonesia that lasts until May 4. Aboard the vessel, coded HQ-286 and named Le Quy Don, are naval officers, sailors and last-year students from the Vietnam Naval Academy. Welcoming the Vietnamese crew at port, First Admiral Denih Hendrata, commander of Indonesian Navy's Main Base III, Jakarta, stated Vietnam – Indonesia cooperation is growing robustly. He said it is the first visit of the sailing ship to his country and hoped the special event will make contribution to boosting the ties, particularly bilateral naval collaboration. Colonel Nguyen Duc Nam, Vice Director of the Vietnam Naval Academy and head of the Vietnamese delegation, expressed his wish that the visit will help strengthen the solidarity and cooperation between the two nations and their navies. Indonesian naval … [Read more...] about Vietnam People’s Navy sailing ship visits Indonesia

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hosts a reception for Lao Deputy Foreign Minister Khamphau Ernthavan (Source: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung lauded growing Vietnam – Laos ties during an interview granted to the media on December 14 on the occasion of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh’s working trip to Laos from December 16-19. During the trip, the Deputy PM will attend the fourth Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC), pay an official visit to Laos, and co-chair the fifth ministerial-level political consultation between the two countries. Hung said via high-level visits and exchanges, leaders of the two Parties and States have reached important and strategic agreements to shape orientations for bilateral ties in the long-term while friendly collaboration between ministries, departments and agencies at the central and local levels has … [Read more...] about Ambassador lauds Vietnam-Laos ties ahead of Deputy PM’s trip

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisulith (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisulith will lead a Lao delegation to the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 (WEF ASEAN) to be held in Hanoi from September 11-13, said Laos’ Pasaxon newspaper on September 7. The newspaper said that WEF ASEAN is an annual meeting that draws the participation of high-ranking government leaders, global entrepreneurs, policymakers in the industrial sector, representatives of international organisations as well as world leading experts. WEF ASEAN 2018 will discuss ideas and visions on the theme of “ASEAN 4.0: Entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, and cooperation between the State and private sectors in socio-economic development in the region and the world at large. According to the newspaper, within the framework of his trip to participate in the event, PM Thongloun Sisulith will meet his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc and other leaders of the host … [Read more...] about Lao PM to attend WEF ASEAN 2018 in Vietnam