The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a gathering on February 4 to celebrate the Australia Day, highlighting the enduring friendship between the people of Ho Chi Minh City and Australia.

The two sides issued a joint statement on the elevation of Viet Nam-EU relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, underscoring that the new partnership will advance ties to a new level bilaterally, regionally and multilaterally.

Viet Nam and the EU should step up exchanges and dialogue to further strengthen political trust and translate the orientations of the newly established partnership framework into concrete action.

Viet Nam always regards the European Union (EU) and its member states as important partners in its process of integration and national development, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man told visiting European Council President António Costa in Ha Noi on January 29.

President of the European Council (EC) António Costa on January 29 visited Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature), a symbol of Viet Nam’s tradition of learning and the country’s first university, as part of his two-day official visit to Viet Nam.

Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong and President of the European Council (EC) António Costa on January 29 officially announced the upgrading of Viet Nam–EU relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership after 35 years of establishing diplomatic ties.

2025 was an incredibly significant year for Viet Nam-US relations, marked by a series of major anniversaries and substantive advances across multiple areas of cooperation, US Ambassador to Viet Nam Marc E. Knapper said in a recent interview with the Viet Nam News Agency.

Australian Ambassador to Viet Nam Gillian Bird has affirmed that the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries is gaining momentum, anchored in mutual trust and a shared commitment to regional stability and prosperity.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 25 attended the Viet Nam–Japan local cooperation forum held in Quang Ninh province, where he called on Japanese prefectures and enterprises to continue trusting and supporting Viet Nam on its development journey, contributing to the prosperity of both nations and their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 25 had separate meetings with representatives from Gunma prefecture and the Japan-Viet Nam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance (JVPFA), and a delegation of Japanese local officials, who are in Viet Nam to attend the Viet Nam–Japan Local Cooperation Forum in Quang Ninh province.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang on November 24 hosted a reception for Ozeki Kenji, Director of Japan’s Matsushita Institute of Government and Management (MIGM), who is on a visit to Viet Nam.

Viet Nam remains committed to openness and supporting a free, fair and rules-based trading system, while continuing to push for greater diversification and multilateralisation of its partnerships and markets, Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang has said.

More than a year after upgrading their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in March 2024, Viet Nam and Australia have seen robust, wide-ranging progress across economic, trade, education, defence, security, digital transformation and sustainable development cooperation.

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien held a bilateral meeting with State Minister of the Cabinet Office of Japan Kazuchika Iwata in Melbourne, Australia, on November 20, on the sidelines of the ninth Commission Meeting of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) convened the 20th meeting of the Viet Nam-RoK Joint Economic Committee in Seoul on November 14, aiming to review progress since the last gathering in 2022 and chart out new directions to deepen cooperation across a wide range of fields.

Deputy Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives Sharon Claydon on November 3 highly appreciated the fine and strongly growing Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Australia and Viet Nam, particularly in the fields of trade, investment, tourism, education and training, and people-to-people exchanges.

Numerous British news outlets on October 29 (local time) reported on the important agreements reached between Viet Nam and the UK during Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam’s visit to London.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined other ASEAN leaders and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the ASEAN–New Zealand Commemorative Summit on October 28, marking the 50th anniversary of their partnership.

General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Viet Nam People's Army (VPA), and Deputy Minister of National Defence, hosted Australia's Chief of Air Force (CAF) Air Marshal Stephen Chappell in Ha Noi on October 13, during which the two sides agreed to further promote defence cooperation in the time to come.

Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federal Vyacheslav Volodin’s official visit to Viet Nam from September 28-29 will inject momentum into the robust comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, according to a Russian official.