Vietnam extends sympathy to Japan over losses caused by heavy rains
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on July 7 sent a message of sympathy to his Japanese counterpart Motegi Toshimitsu over human and property losses caused by heavy rains in the city of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, last weekend.
Police search for survivors of the landslide in Atami city of Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Senior Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung, member of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security, on January 8 paid a courtesy visit to General Vilay Lakhamfong, Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee to congratulate him on his election at the 12th National Congress of the LPRP.