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Vietnam Ranked 82nd, up 6 Places Compared to 2022
13:41 | 26/07/2023
Vietnam climbed six positions to secure 82nd place, in a ranking of the world's most powerful passports in 2023.
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Program Supports Overseas Vietnamese Youth in Nation Building
08:37 | 31/12/2021
The program established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the HCM Communist Youth Union Central Committee in the period of 2022-2026 was held on December 29, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Biography of Vietnam Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son: Positons and Working History
17:00 | 13/07/2021
Bui Thanh Son was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs at the 11th session of the 14th National Assembly on April 8, 2021.
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Vietnam hopes US will support ASEAN in Bien Dong Sea issues
11:07 | 07/05/2021
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung voiced a hope that the US will continue to play a constructive role and back ASEAN’s efforts in building the Bien Dong Sea (internationally known as South China Sea) into a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation.
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Vietnam to temporarily suspend visa exemption for citizens of Belarus, Russia and Japan
10:32 | 20/03/2020
Starting at 12h00 March 21, Vietnam will suspend unilateral visa exemption policy for citizens from Belarus, Russia and Japan in a bid to contain spread of the novel coronavirus to the Southeast Asian nation.
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Vietnam requires all citizens, foreigners to wear masks at crowded places
18:26 | 15/03/2020
Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces on Saturday that all Vietnamese and foreigners inside the country must wear masks in mass gathering, in a bid to contain the novel coronavirus ' spreading.
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