According to a dispatch issued on August 4 by the Health Ministry, the quarantine period for people entering Vietnam who have been fully vaccinated will be reduced to 7 days.
Foreign ministers of ASEAN member countries and the US agreed to continue prioritising the COVID-19 response and support for sustainable recovery during a meeting held via videoconference on August 4.
The European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement has created a favourable corridor for trade between the two sides and brought new impetus to economic cooperation between Vietnam and the EU. Nguyen Van Thao, head of the Mission of Vietnam to the EU, made the remark in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency.
Vietnam officially assumes the role as coordinator for ASEAN-the Republic of Korea (RoK) relations for 2021-2024 at the ASEAN-RoK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held via videoconference on August 3.
Vietnam welcomes a proposal to upgrade the ASEAN-China relationship, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said at the ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held via videoconference on August 3 as part of the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings.
Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, as the coordinator of ASEAN-Japan relations, co-chaired the ASEAN-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held via videoconference on August 3 together with his Japanese counterpart Motegi Toshimitsu.
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has underlined four groups of solutions to boost post-pandemic economic recovery and development in the Mekong sub-region.
At the 22nd ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, ASEAN and its partners – China, Japan and the Republic of Korea – agreed that priority should be given to their cooperation in response to COVID-19 and mitigation of its impacts on socio-economic perfornmance, as well as promoting comprehensive recovery towards sustainable development.
