NDO - The Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove and his spouse began a four-day State visit to Vietnam on May 23, at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang. 

NDO – Today, the whole Party, people, army and Vietnamese expatriates abroad are celebrating the 128th birth anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 - 2018), with the noblest spiritual love and unlimited gratitude to the genius leader, the great teacher of the Vietnamese revolution, the national liberation hero and global cultural celebrity, who sacrificed his life for the struggle for national liberation and for peace and happiness of the Vietnamese people. 

NDO - After six days of work with a high spirit of responsibility, the seventh plenary session of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) completed all of the contents of its agenda. The Party Central Committee brought into play ahigh level of democracy and wisdom, and frankly discussed the projects on the building of a contingent of senior officials, especially at a strategic level, with sufficient virtue, capacity and prestige on a par with their assigned tasks in the new circumstance.  

NDO – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse are making an official visit to Singapore from April 25-27 to attend the 32nd ASEAN Summit from April 27-28, at the invitation of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. 

NDO – Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is also Myanmar’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of the President’s Office, began her official two-day visit to Vietnam on April 19, at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

NDO – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc departed Hanoi for Cambodia on April 4, where he will attend the third Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Siem Reap from April 4-5 at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen. 

NDO - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and a high-level Vietnamese delegation arrived in Hanoi on April 1, following the successful conclusion of their State visit to Cuba from March 28-30, at the invitation of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba’s Central Committee and President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers Raul Castro Ruz. 

NDO - The sixth Greater Mekong Sub-region Summit (GMS-6) and the 10th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Summit (CLV-10) took place in Hanoi from March 29-31. This is one of the largest multilateral events held in Vietnam in 2018, and as such it continues to confirm Vietnam's role as an active and responsible member in Mekong sub-regional cooperation. 

NDO – The official visit to France made by General Secretary of Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and a high-ranking delegation, at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron, has concluded successfully. 

NDO - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and the high-level Vietnamese delegation arrived in Havana on March 28, beginning his State visit to Cuba. The four-day visit is being made at the invitation of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba’s Central Committee and President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers Raul Castro Ruz.  

NDO – Today millions of Youth Union members across the country are celebrating the 87th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) (March 26, 1981-2018). 

NDO - The state visit by President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea, at the invitation of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, is a significant political event which affirms the desire to further strengthen the Vietnam-Korea strategic cooperative partnership. 

NDO – It is a great loss to the Party, State and people of Vietnam as former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, also called Brother Sau Khai, passed away. 

NDO - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Australia and attendance at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit from February 14-18 at the invitation of PM Malcolm Turnbull is expected to mark an important milestone in Vietnam-Australia ties as the two countries are planning to lift their relationship to a strategic partnership on the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties.