General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Thamer Mohammed A. Algosaibi, who paid a courtesy visit on the occasion of the beginning of his diplomatic tenure in Vietnam, on the afternoon of May 13 in Hanoi, to Vietnam.
Deputy Minister Lieutenant General Nguyen Duy Ngoc, leading a delegation of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam, paid a visit to the 911 Unified Security Operations Center under the Ministry of Home Affairs of Saudi Arabia, on October 20.
As a member of the high-ranking Vietnamese governmental delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh officially visiting Saudi Arabia and attending the ASEAN - GCC Summit, Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant General Nguyen Duy Ngoc had talks with Deputy Minister of Home Affairs of the host country, Dr. Hesham bin Abdulrahman Alfaleh.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held talks with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman on October 20 as part of his visit to the Middle East country, where he also attended the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit.
Vietnamese Prime Minister attended a summit between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that opened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 20.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has suggested Vietnam and Saudi Arabia should further step up cooperation in digital economy, green economy, circular economy, tourism, labor, and employment.
A total of 12 Vietnamese enterprises have been granted permission to re-export their seafood products to the Saudi Arabian market, according to information released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Iran dismissed accusations by the United States that it was behind attacks on Saudi oil plants that risk disrupting global energy supplies and warned on Sunday that U.S. bases and aircraft carriers in the region were in range of its missiles.
Vietnam and Saudi Arabia should bolster cooperation in a wide array of fields such as trade, labour, and investment, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc made the suggestion while receiving new Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Vietnam Saud F.M Al Suwelim in Hanoi on September 10.
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that it wants to avert war in the region but stands ready to respond with “all strength” following last week’s attacks on Saudi oil assets, telling Iran that the ball was now in its court.
Saudi Arabia plans to set up a $10 billion oil refinery in Pakistan’s deepwater port of Gwadar, the Saudi energy minister said on Saturday, speaking at the Indian Ocean port that is being developed with the help of China.
U.S. President Donald Trump praised Saudi Arabia for helping to lower oil prices on Wednesday as pressure intensified to impose tougher sanctions on the Middle East ally following the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
President Donald Trump on Saturday called a CIA assessment blaming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi “very premature” and said he will receive a complete report on the case on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, the Hurriyet newspaper reported that Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor, Saud Al Mojeb, refused to inform the Turkish counterparts of the whereabouts of the body of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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.
Turkish police searched sewage network at an Istanbul street where the Saudi consulate is located in the probe into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, local media reported.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Saudi Arabia on Friday to disclose who ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, as well as the location of his body, heightening international pressure on the kingdom to come clean on the case.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince bore ultimate responsibility for the operation that led to Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, and Turkish police were allowed to extend their probe at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Saudi Arabia on Sunday called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its Istanbul consulate a “huge and grave mistake,” but sought to shield its powerful crown prince from the widening crisis, saying Mohammed bin Salman had not been aware.
Saudi Arabia’s explanation of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a “good first step but not enough”, the U.S. Treasury secretary said on Sunday, adding it was premature to discuss sanctions against Riyadh over the incident.
