Since the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership, Vietnam and South Korea have been developing their relationship in multiple ways.

AmCham Vietnam has announced that Winnie Wong, country manager for Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos at Mastercard, has been elected as the new Chair of AmCham Vietnam for 2022.

The Honorary Consulate of South Africa in Ho Chi Minh City celebrated its 10th anniversary and the 25th South African Freedom Day.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s tour of Belgium, the EU, Italy and the UK from January 17-24 has created strong momentums for Vietnam to foster its comprehensive relations with important partners in Europe.

Having enjoyed the sound friendship and remarkable developments in their bilateral relations, Vietnam and Italy agreed to establish a strategic partnership to further intensify their cooperation in the existing areas and expand it to new fields.

Ties between the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Vietnam will continue to develop in the days, years and decades to come as the two countries pursue strategic interests in bilateral relations in the context of regional and global peace and prosperity, Korean ambassador Ha Chan-ho told VIR’s Dong Hoa on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.  

The first ever Vietnam-Latin American Forum on Trade and Investment will be hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 5-6 will set a landmark on the cooperative relations between the two sides. Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh goes inside the mutual cooperation development history and factors which could help nurture all-sided cooperation between the two sides in the coming period.

Following Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s recent visit to Indonesia, VIR’s Kieu Linh speaks with Nyoman Gurnitha, Counsellor of the Indonesian embassy in Vietnam about bilateral relations between the two countries.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle witnessed the signing of accords of aid and credits in Hanoi on June 4 as part of the latter’s visit to Vietnam.

The lead-up to events during the latter half of 2006 proved to be a bonanza for external economic relations in general and foreign investment in particular, with Vietnam showing up strongly on investors’ radars following WTO entry, hosting of the APEC meeting, and US government approval of permanent normal trade relations. Dr. Nguyen Anh Tuan discusses the lessons learnt from a year full of highlights and gives his opinion on what the future might hold.