The General Department of Vietnam Customs is hosting the 33rd Meeting of the ASEAN Directors-General of Customs that opened in Phu Quoc city, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on June 4.

Dialogue partner countries of ASEAN have launched many new cooperation initiatives and pledged financial support for the group at the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) and related meetings from July 11-14 in Jakarta, Indonesia, according to Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn.

Vietnam welcomes and will create optimal conditions for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and businesses from Japan to operate and take part in key projects on energy, industry, transport and infrastructure, a senior Vietnamese official has said.

The Vietnamese Party and State always attach importance to enhancing ties with the UK, a Party official has said.

The Committees for Foreign Affairs of the National Assemblies of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam convened their sixth meeting in Vientiane, on August 2.

Vietnam will host a conference promoting the Asia-Europe partnership on April 20, representing one of the country’s significant efforts to deepen relations between the two continents.

A formal exchange mechanism at ambassadorial level of 18 member countries of the East Asia Summit (EAS) was set up at the first meeting of the 18 countries’ ambassadors to ASEAN.