Over the past 75 years, cooperation between Vietnam and China at the national level has flourished. Vibrant collaboration between localities, ministries, and sectors of the two nations has significantly contributed to the growth of bilateral trade
An exchange programme between young officers of Vietnam and Laos took place on October 2 at the Long Sap - Sop Bao border gate pair between Moc Chau district in Vietnam's Son La province and Sop Bao district in Laos’s Houaphanh province.
Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung and head of the Commission for External Relations of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee Thongsavanh Phomvihane held talks in Hanoi on April 21, on the occasion of the latter's visit for a friendship exchange under a cooperation agreement between the two commissions from April 20-24.
The northwestern provinces of Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Lai Chau and Dien Bien and China’s Yunnan province have agreed to enhance cooperation in the time ahead with a view to building a borderline of peace, stability and friendship.
A friendship exchange among Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian youths studying at Kien Giang University was held in the southern province of Kien Giang on April 14, on the occasion of Cambodia’s traditional New Year festival Chol Chnam Thmay.
A friendship exchange between Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian farmers wrapped up in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, on December 2.
The Vietnam-Belarus Friendship Association organized a friendship exchange on June 19 to mark the 75th Independence Day of Belarus and the 75 years of Belarus’s liberation.
A friendship exchange with Lao, Thai and Myanmar students pursuing education in the northern port city of Hai Phong was held in the locality on April 11.
The defence ties has become one of the important pillars of the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and China, Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh said at his reception for Ambassador of China to Vietnam Xiong Ba in Hanoi on November 16.
Some 200 people attended a friendship exchange held in Hanoi on April 27 to mark the traditional New Year of India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.
The Vietnam – Italy Friendship Association organised a friendship exchange in Hanoi on June 1 to celebrate Italy’s 71st Republic Day (June 2, 1946 - 2017).
The Vietnam-Ukraine Friendship Association organised a friendship exchange event in Hanoi on August 30 to mark Ukraine’s 25th Independence Day (August 24).
Senior Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, hosted a reception in Hanoi on June 27 for a visiting delegation from Japan’s Self Defence Force.
The 10th cultural-sports exchange festival between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) was held in the Yongin city of Gyeonggi province on August 29.