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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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. 

NDO - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to New Zealand at the invitation of PM Jacinda Ardern opens a new page for bilateral ties between the two countries, providing a catalyst for their comprehensive relationship in all fields. 

NDO - President Tran Dai Quang’s visit to India from March 2-4, at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Ram Nath Kovind, comes at a time when the long-standing friendship and multi-faceted relationship of cooperation between the two countries continues to bear broad and sweeping developments. 

NDO – The 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26) officially commences in Hanoi today, January 18. With the theme of “Parliamentary partnership for Peace, Innovation and Sustainable Development”, the APPF-26 is a significant emphasis in the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA)’s foreign affairs, affirming the role and prestige of the Vietnamese NA at inter-parliamentary forums in the region and the world. 

NDO – At the invitation of Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Tran Dai Quang, Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping has arrived in Hanoi, beginning his State-visit to Vietnam. 

NDO – The 25th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM-25) has concluded successfully, wrapping up the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week 2017 held between November 6 and 11 in the coastal city of Da Nang, and marking Vietnam’s completion of its role as the hosting economy of the APEC Year 2017. 

NDO – At the invitation of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, heading a Vietnamese delegation, has arrived in Manila for the 31st ASEAN Summit (ASEAN-31) and related summits, including the 20th ASEAN+3 Summit (with China, Japan and the Republic of Korea), the ASEAN+1 Summit (with China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, India, the United States, Canada, the European Union and the United Nations), and the 12th East Asian Summit (EAS).