(CPV) - At the invitation of the Na Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, the Speaker of the Australian Parliament, Ms Anna Burke MP, is paying an official visit to Vietnam from May 22 - 24.

On May 20, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of National Defence, received Mr. W. M. Winfield, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Office on the occasion of his working visit in Hanoi.

(CPV) - Within the framework of the Franco-Vietnamese scientific cooperation, Mr Michel Laurent, President of the French Research Institute for Development (IRD) will visit Vietnam from May 22-24.

Finland supports Vietnam’s continued renewal process to maintain economic growth and reduce poverty, said Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam Kimmo Lahdevirta.

Vietnam is ready to share experience with Palestine, continue supporting Palestinian people in their struggle for national independence as well as boost cooperation between the two governments, ministries and localities.

Vietnam and Belarus signed a joint communiqué on the outcomes of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to Belarus from May 15-17 at the invitation of his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myiasnikovich.

The Vietnam National Political Publishing House has helped build an office building for the Lao National Publishing House in Vientiane.

On May 16, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has granted the “For the health of the people” insignia to 18 French professors and doctors for their contribution to healthcare development in Vietnam at the headquarter of the Vietnamese Embassy in France.

On May 16, the 40^th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Netherlands (1973 – 2013) was held by the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Vice Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son attended the 2nd Vice Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) in Savannakhet province, Laos on May 16th.

President Truong Tan Sang received newly-appointed ambassadors from South Africa, Slovakia, Spain, Azerbaijan, Estonia and Nepal, in Hanoi on May 16th.

The project for Vietnam to provide technical support for developing the seafood sector in Sri Lanka was launched in Colombo on May 14.

As part of his official visit to Russia, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on May 14 met with representatives of the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association (RVFA) and a number of leading Russian enterprises.

Vietnam has strongly condemned deadly bombing attacks in the Turkish town of Reyhanli on May 11, which killed at least 45 people and injured more than 100 others.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 15 protested against China’s unilateral implementation of a ban on fishing in the East Sea.

In the framework of his official visit to Russia, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on May 14.