The Philippines has initiated a preliminary safeguard measures investigation on the importation of cement from various countries, including Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in the Philippines.

The Philippine Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on June 14 held a ceremony to mark the country’s 126th Independence Day (June 12, 1898 – 2024) and the 48th anniversary of its diplomatic relations with Vietnam (June 12, 1976 – 2024).

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Philippine counterpart Enrique Manalo co-chaired the 10th meeting of the countries’ joint commission on bilateral cooperation in Hanoi on August 2.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Philippine counterpart Enrique Manalo expressed their delight at the progress made in the countries’ strategic partnership at their meeting in Cambodia on November 9 within the framework of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and related summits.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) and the Vietnam-ASEAN Friendship Association on June 19 co-organised a ceremony to mark the 120th Independence Day of the Philippines (June 12).