General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defence, on September 8 held a phone call with Patrick Leahy, who served as a Senator from 1975-2023 and President Pro Tempore of the US Senate from 2012 to 2015 and from 2021 to 2023, and is currently Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, as part of his official visit to the US.

The German business community have high expectations for stronger economic cooperation with Vietnam after the phone talks between Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on March 31.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son had a phone call with his Australian counterpart Marise Payne on August 27 on the occasion of Australia’s handover of more than 400,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga discussed strengthening cooperation between the two countries amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in a phone call on October 29 afternoon, Lee announced in the latest Facebook post.

Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung has thanked the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and relevant agencies of the UK for their active support and sharing of information related to lorry deaths in Essex with Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that Vietnam always treasures and wants to bolster ties with New Zealand during his phone call with Governor-General of New Zealand Dame Patsy Reddy on March 13.