Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday held separate meetings with the Ambassadors of Sweden and Myanmar, Camilla Mellander and Win HLaing, who came to say goodbye at the end of their tenures in Việt Nam.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the People’s Public Security force to focus on enhancing capacity in controlling, analysing and forecasting security situations to give timely advice to the Party and State on policies and measures to protect social security and socio-economic development.

National Assembly (NA) members are voting to delay the implementation date of the newly amended Penal Code after several legal loopholes in the code were detected.

Việt Nam and Liberia signed a joint communiqué establishing bilateral diplomatic ties during a ceremony in Hà Nội yesterday.

President Trần Đại Quang hopes that Japanese businesses will increase investment in Việt Nam, especially in developing high-quality infrastructure and support industries.

Việt Nam and China agreed to enhance political trust, maintain high-level visits and strive for new progress in their result-oriented co-operation at the ninth meeting of the steering committee for bilateral co-operation in Hà Nội today. 

Việt Nam wishes to foster all-out ties with Australia, including politics, trade, investment, culture and education, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc extended a message of condolences to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang yesterday over the severe human and material losses caused by a tornado and hailstorm in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, China a day earlier.

China’s illegal activities in the East Sea cannot change Việt Nam’s sovereignty over the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) and Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lê Hải Bình said yesterday.