NDO/VNA – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh presented the Friendship Order to Japanese outgoing ambassador Umeda Kunio during a ceremony in Hanoi on March 25. 

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Umeda Kunio in Hanoi on March 24, highlighting the two countries’ stronger relations during the diplomat’s tenure. 

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held talks with his Czech Republic counterpart Andrej Babis by telephone on March 23 to discuss their efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. 

NDO – Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong on March 23 cabled a congratulatory message to President of Pakistan Arif Alvi on the country’s 80th National Day (March 23, 1940-2020). 

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 23 sent a letter to his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, expressing sympathies for the Japanese people over the losses caused by COVID-19 pandemic. 

NDO/VNA – Streets across Laos have been decorated with national and Party flags to celebrate the 65th founding anniversary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) (March 22, 1955-2020). 

NDO/VNA – The Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) has sent a message of congratulations to the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) on the occasion of the 65th founding anniversary of the LPRP (March 22). 

NDO – Over the past 65 years, under the leadership of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), Laos has been constantly developing with a lot of significant achievements attained, the people’s living standards clearly improved, and the position and role of Laos unceasingly enhanced in the region and across the world. 

NDO/VNA – At the request of US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on March 20 held phone talks with leading officials of the foreign ministries of the US, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea and Indonesia on the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic. 

NDO – Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung led a delegation to the headquarters of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations on March 19 to congratulate the Party on the 65th anniversary of its foundation. 

NDO – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on March 17 cabled their respective messages of congratulations to Janez Jansa and Igor Zorcic on their respective appointments as Prime Minister and Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia.