8/2/2016 - 19:31 (VOVworld) – Senior Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, has spoken highly of the strategic partnership relations between Vietnam and the UK including defense relations. More 5/20/2016 - 18:47 (VOVworld) – On Friday, National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong received the British ambassador to Vietnam, Giles Lever. More 2/28/2016 - 15:02 (VOVworld) – British Ambassador to Vietnam Giles Lever held a working session with Lam Dong's authorities on Saturday to learn more about the accident in which three British nationals died at the Datanla Falls. More 2/26/2016 - 18:33 (VOVworld) – Can Tho City wants to boost cooperation with the UK in education via exchanges of students, lecturers, and experts, abroad study, and the establishment of research institutes in fields of mutual interest. More 2/21/2016 - 16:49 (VOVworld)- Vietnam’s first Carnivore and Pangolin Education … [Read more...]

(VOVworld) – On Friday, National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong received the British ambassador to Vietnam, Giles Lever. She said various activities held in past years have deepened the relations between Vietnam and Britain. Ms. Phong expressed her hope that the UK will continue to share experience in its diplomatic policies, poverty reduction and flexible mechanisms in law building. On the same day, National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong received the Italian ambassador to Vietnam, Cecilia Piccioni. She said there has been much progress in relations between Vietnam’s National Assembly and the Italian parliament. She said she hoped Italy would share its experience with Vietnam in law building, especially in creating legal corridors for developing small and medium sized enterprises. … [Read more...]

A delegation of ambassadors to Vietnam has arrived in the central province of Quang Binh to commence their excursion into the Son Doong Cave system, the world’s largest natural grotto, on a trip slated for May 11 to 17. The group of foreign visitors arrived at the locality on Wednesday for a meeting with the provincial People’s Committee and for preparation before their journey to the site, a trip organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the committee. The delegation, led by Pham Sanh Chau, Secretary-General of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO, includes ambassadors from the United Kingdom, Argentina, Sweden, Italy, Australia, and the Czech Republic, as well as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowski and Miss Universe Vietnam 2008 runner-up Duong Truong Thien Ly. Speaking with the Quang Binh People’s Committee, Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Camilla Mellander hoped that Quang Binh would emerge as a tourist paradise for Vietnam and the … [Read more...]

(VOVworld) - UK Ambassador to Vietnam Antony Stokes has been awarded Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh's certificate of merit for his contributions to the friendship between Vietnam and the UK. Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Phuong Nga presented the certificate to the outgoing diplomat in Hanoi on Tuesday. At the presentation ceremony, Stokes said it was his great honour to receive the reward, which reflects the feelings of the Vietnamese Government and people towards the people of the UK. He pledged further efforts to consolidate and develop the Vietnam-UK strategic partnership. … [Read more...]

British ambassador to Vietnam, Anthony Stokes, will manage the Hanoi-based British University Vietnam (BUV), according to an agreement signed November 4 between the ambassador and BUV president Sir Graeme Davies. The agreement is seen as a commitment on part of the British government to ensure training quality at the first British university in Vietnam, the Vietnam News Agency reported. … [Read more...]

PANO - “I am strongly impressed by Vietnam’s dynamism and potential for UK-Vietnam cooperation in all fields though I have only been in the country for 2 months,” said newly-appointed British Ambassador to Vietnam Mark Kent at a press conference in Hanoi on February 27. The British Ambassador said that the UK will give priority to five key areas in its cooperation with Vietnam: trade and investment, the development of foreign policy, education, immigration and prevention of organised crimes. The diplomat said that the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s visit to the United Kingdom next week will be an excellent opportunity to promote bilateral comprehensive cooperation. “Vietnam is a success story of economic development all over the world and I believe that several impressive contracts will be signed during the PM’s visit to the UK,” he added. Asked to comment on how the British people think about Vietnam, Ambassador Mark Kent stated that … [Read more...]

Ambassadors to Vietnam will be invited to visit one of the world’s largest cave - Son Doong - in the central province of Quang Binh in May 2016. The tour is a cultural diplomatic activity co-held by the Foreign Ministry, the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO and the provincial authorities. Son Doong cave, hidden in the UNESCO-recognised World Heritage Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, is more than 200m wide, 150m high, and approximately 9km long. Within its caverns lie a jungle and a river, and the cave is large enough to fit a 40-storey skyscraper inside. The cave was classified as the largest cave in the world by the British Cave Research Association. The American news website Huffingtonpost.com declared the cave as an absolute must-see. Son Doong cave was also listed among the "52 Places to Go in 2014" by The New York Times Travel. The usual tour, operated by Oxalis Adventure Tours since early August, offers five-day and four-night service at the cost of 66 … [Read more...]

As of July, the United Kingdom has undertaken the presidency of the European Union (EU). On this occasion, the British Embassy in Vietnam will announce a series of priorities of the UK for Vietnam in the near future. Being interviewed by a BBC reporter on bilateral relations between Vietnam and the UK, Robert Gordon says that it is wonderful relations. Ambassador: In the one and a half of years since I have been in Vietnam, I have witnessed relations strengthened more than ever before not only in traditional areas such as aid, investment, education and trade but also in new areas including maintenance of peace and preparation for Vietnam's candidacy as non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. BBC reporter: The announcement of the British Embassy mentioned priorities of the UK for Vietnam in the coming time and said the UK wanted to help Vietnam combat corruption. What can the UK do to help Vietnam in this area? Ambassador: The Ministry of International Development, … [Read more...]

The first impression when seeing Mrs Marie Charlotte BoloT, the French ambasador to Vietnam's wife is that she is a virtuous but high-born woman in brown loose-fitting blouse, typical shirt in the south of Vietnam. In her body flows both Vietnamese and French blood. Childhood in Vietnam Marie openly and fondly recalled her childhood in Vietnam. She could not forget the childish games in Ho Chi Minh City, trips to Cuu Long River Delta for Tet holidays or taking baths with a coconut shell-made water ladle in the village. Marie's mother was a Hanoian. She went with her husband, a French man, to Ho Chi Minh City where Marie was born. Marie met her husband when the two studied in University of Sorbone, Paris. Having got married early, Marie has been in accompany with her husband (ambassador Hevre Bolot) to many countries the world over such as Turkey, Greece, Zimbabwe, the US, Austria, Rumania and now Vietnam. Up to now, Marie's biggest regret is that she learnt little about the … [Read more...]

“We want the world to know that the two countries have very good relations, have common interests and both sides can benefit a lot from this relationship, not only in economics, education, healthcare, environment but also diplomacy and defense. Strategic partnership is the best way to operate and address our developing ties. It is interesting that the Vietnamese I’ve met are very interested in this relationship,” said US Ambassador to Vietnam David Shear in the chat with VietNamNet’s Huynh Phan, on Mr. Shear’s car, on the way to Thai Binh, a northern province, in late December. The US Ambassador told Phan that when he was the Vice Ambassador in Malaysia, he and his wife had a tour to Vietnam in 2007. They liked Hanoi in particular and Vietnam in general. He did not think that he would return to Hanoi as the US Ambassador. “I think I’m very lucky!” he said. Leaving Malaysia, Mr. Shear returned to Washington to work for three years, … [Read more...]