Axel van Trotsenburg, the World Bank (WB) Managing Director of Operations is paying an official visit to Vietnam on July 18-19, during which he will discuss future cooperation between the bank and Vietnam and areas it will support the country in the next 4-5 years, with Vietnamese leaders.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha on July 11 had an online meeting with Alok Kumar Sharma, Minister for the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom (UK) and President for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), discussing cooperation in response to climate change.

The Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO) on June 16 introduced the promotions it will be offering this year to attract Vietnamese tourists and boost the Republic of Korea (RoK)'s tourism recovery.

A Vietnam representative affirmed the country's commitment to promote the rights of the persons with disabilities (PwDs) while attending a meeting held in New York on June 14 - 16.

Vietnam has been elected as one of the Vice Presidents of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly's 77th session, representing the Asia-Pacific region.

The Philippine national team chef de mission Ramon Fernandez has given Vietnam a thumbs-up as the host of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), saying the host has been “warm, hospitable” and running a tight ship.

The United States and ASEAN countries’ leaders have met for the US-ASEAN Special Summit in Washington on May 12-13.

The ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) has released a paper on “ASEAN Global Value Chain and Its Relationship with RCEP: Impacts of RCEP on ASEAN Integration”, in which it recommends ASEAN to carry out five policy measures to benefit the most from RCEP.

Cambodia, as the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2022, announced that the bloc and the US are set to convene a special summit to celebrate the 45th anniversary of their dialogue relations in Washington D.C., on May 12 and 13.

The High-Level Task Force (HLTF) on ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision discussed core elements of the Post-2025 Vision at its first meeting at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on March 31 and April 1.

Kadokawa JSC of Japan on March 28 introduced a comic series about Vietnamese football which it is going to publish.

The ASEAN Committee in Canberra (ACC) has held a working session with the group of eight leading universities of Australia (Go8) on opportunities for education cooperation between ASEAN member countries and Australia in the context of ASEAN and Australia having already or going to re-open their borders.