Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug spoke to the Vietnam News Agency about prospects of bilateral relations between RoK and Việt Nam ahead of the visit to RoK by Chairman of the National Assembly of Việt Nam Vương Đình Huệ

Việt Nam is committed to promoting universal values of human rights, deputy foreign minister Đặng Hoàng Giang told Vietnam News Agency during the International consultation workshop held Friday.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tô Anh Dũng held phone talks with Minister of State for Asia at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Amanda Milling on Thursday evening, during which they agreed to coordinate to increase the efficiency of the two countries’ key cooperative mechanisms.

A high-ranking delegation of the National Assembly led by Chairman Vương Đình Huệ will attend the 29th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-29) via videoconference from December 13-15.

The Politburo yesterday held a national conference on the implementation of the Party Central Committee's conclusions and regulation on Party building and rectification.

“Việt Nam has deployed multiple necessary citizen protection measures to safeguard the lives, the assets, and legal rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens and businesses in Myanmar,” she said, in response to questions over the course of actions for Việt Nam following reports of a telecommunication company suffering from political opposition’s sabotage attacks during the political upheaval in the Southeast Asian country.

Việt Nam is committed to building a Socialist democracy and stands ready to talk with the US on any differences, the foreign ministry spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said in response to queries on Việt Nam not being among the invitees to the US-led Summit for Democracy.

Ambassador Phạm Hải Anh, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of Việt Nam to the United Nations (UN), has highlighted the importance of building trust in solving the chemical weapon issue in Syria.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has highlighted the role of education in promoting socio-economic development in the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang, saying that it should be a key way to remove bottlenecks in the locality’s development process.