Vietnam is an important and close partner of Russia in Asia-Pacific, said Konstantin Kosachev, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia, during a meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son in Moscow on Monday. Kosachev said Russia’s upper house backs the Vietnam-Russia

  No representative from Afghanistan will address the annual UN General Assembly general debate in New York, since the ambassador for the government ousted by the Taliban – who was due to speak on Monday – has withdrawn his name. Ghulam Isaczai had been scheduled to address the final day

 Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy reaffirmed Vietnam’s policy of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons while addressing a session of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday. The briefing marked the 25th anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty’s opening for signature in September 1996. Ambassador Quy, Vietnam’s

A program was held on Monday to introduce a 5-million-USD grant from the ADB to support women-led small and medium-sized businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. Requirements and procedures to sign up for capital loans were discussed at the online program, organized by the State Bank of Vietnam, the Asian

ASEAN members have agreed to put the ASEAN Coordinating Council Working Group on Public Health Emergencies (ACCWG-PHE) into operation soon. At the seventh online meeting of the ACCWG-PHE on Monday, ASEAN leaders were urged to adopt the ASEAN Travel Corridor Arrangement Framework and continue considering the possibility of accepting vaccine

   Despite a resurgence of COVID-19, Vietnam’s image was boosted in its rotating role as a member of the UN Security Council and presidency in April 2021, and ability to steer signature events and peace-building efforts, according to an article released Monday by Canada-based international intelligence publication Geopolitical Monitor. The