#foreign policy

China always considers Vietnam a priority direction in its foreign policy, Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping told Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong during their meeting in Beijing on October 20.

With its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development as well as diversification and multilateralisation of external relations, Vietnam has affirmed its rising role and position in the region and the world.

The Vietnam-UK deputy foreign minister-level political consultation took place in Hanoi on January 2.

First ever international conference on Vietnam’s peacekeeping operations was held in Thach That district, Hanoi, on 23 November, to help the country realize its aspiration to actively engage in peacekeeping, as part of a more active foreign policy agenda it is pursuing.

Results of the US midterm elections are unlikely to change the foreign policy of US President Trump's administration as there is a general consensus among Democrats and Republicans regarding key foreign policy aspects, Schaffhauser from the French National Rally party (RN) said.

Democrats will use their new majority in the U.S. House of Representatives to reverse what they see as a hands-off approach by Republicans toward President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, and push for tougher dealings with Russia, Saudi Arabia and North Korea.

Democrats will try to harden U.S. policy toward Saudi Arabia, Russia and North Korea if they win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, while maintaining the status quo on hot-button areas like China and Iran, congressional sources say.

Hanoi - On 22^nd September, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the ceremony to launch the “Vietnam’s diplomatic BlueBook 2015”.