Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 17 sent a message of condolences to his Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal over the air crash on January 15.
The accident claimed 72 lives, becoming the worst plane accident in Nepal for 30 years.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam received in Ha Noi on October 3 the ambassadors of Palestine, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil and France, who presented their credentials and officially began their terms of office in Viet Nam.