General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping's state visit to Vietnam on April 14-15 demonstrates the high regard that the Chinese Party and State, as well as the leader personally, place on strengthening the friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and China.

Vietnam always considers Russia one of the top priority partners in its foreign policy, President To Lam told Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko during a reception in Hanoi on June 17.

The visit of Narayana Murthy, often referred to as 'India's Bill Gates', is seen as an indication of the strengthening of the relationship between Indian and Vietnamese IT businesses, stated FPT in a press release.

The Indonesian government plans to prohibit the export of liquified natural gas (LNG) to help supply domestic industries, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has said.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Han Duck-soo in Seoul on December 5, as part of his state visit to the RoK.