He repeated his invitation to President Mattarella to visit Vietnam and hope to welcome the Italian leader to Vietnam soon. According to the Vietnam National Mine Action Centre, all 63 provinces and centrally-run cities in Vietnam are contaminated with UXO, with 5.6 million hectares of land in total (17.71% of the country’s acreage) affected. The event was organised by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), the Vietnam - Singapore Friendship Association, and the Singaporean Embassy in Vietnam. Vietnam, Philippines hold first political consultationThe first political consultation between the foreign ministries of Vietnam and the Philippines took place in Hanoi on August 1. Vietnam, Indonesia vow to strengthen defence cooperationDeputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut.
