#Asia-Pacific

President Putin said Vietnam remains a sincere friend and an important partner of Russia in the Asia-Pacific, stressing that Russia attaches importance to further deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet joined with 300 senior officials, researchers, and scholars from more than 30 countries worldwide to attend the sixth Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which took place from May 12 to May 13.

Vietnam ranks seventh among the countries in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of digital society, behind Australia, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Japan, Thailand and Malaysia.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has called on economic sectors to make adequate preparations for best utilization of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which will be signed in Santiago, Chile on March 8 by ministers from 11 member countries.

PSNews - 22 member parliamentary delegations (including Vietnam) with 355 international guests had registered for APPF-26 in Hanoi, said Nguyen Van Giau, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly at a conference on January 17.

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged further economic opening on November 19 as leaders of Asia-Pacific countries sought new free-trade options following Donald Trump's election to US president on promises to scrap or renegotiate trade deals.

Peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the Southeast Asia in particular benefit both ASEAN and the US, stated Vietnamese Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich during a recent informal meeting of US and ASEAN denfence chiefs in Hawaii.