Fifteen years ago, US President Bill Clinton’s announcement on the normalisation of US ties with Vietnam opened a new chapter in the two countries’ relationship, said the Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Le Cong Phung.

Numerous cultural activities will be held on the sidelines of the 43rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM-43) and the 17th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF-17), said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga at a regular press briefing in Hanoi on July 15.

Vietnam spares no effort to boost cooperation with Australia, especially in trade and investment, bringing benefit to both sides, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

A group of Canadian parliamentarians led by Thai Thi Lac, a Vietnamese-Canadian parliamentarian, is on a working visit to Vietnam.

The President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s Central Committee, Huynh Dam chaired the committee’s third conference in Da Nang on July 15.

A National Assembly Finance and Budget Committee delegation, led by its vice chairman Phung Quoc Hien, has paid a four-day visit to the US.

Italy wanted to strengthen relations with Vietnam, said Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on July 14 while receiving Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung, who is on visit to Italy.

The sixth ASEAN Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (ACGM 6) opened in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa province on April 7.

On April 6 the State Presidents Office made public the Ordinance on the legal procedures needed to arrest an aircraft.

Vietnam calls on the US to take responsibility for addressing the after-effects of the war it waged in Vietnam, including assisting the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange.