Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân has called on member parliaments of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) to continue with their comprehensive and close co-operation in all spheres to ensure the effective operation of the forum.

Vietnam News Agency (VNA) held a grand ceremony at its headquarters in Hà Nội on Tuesday to receive a top award.

Việt Nam needs to speed up preparations for taking over the Chair of ASEAN in 2020 and the non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council in the 2020-2021 tenure.

Courts’ priority task in the coming time is to improve its performance, avoiding wrongful conviction of the innocents or acquittal of the guilty, Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng said.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân and a high-ranking delegation left Hà Nội yesterday for the 27th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-27) in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from Monday to Wednesday.

The achievements Việt Nam recorded in 2018 have given the country valuable lessons, creating a firm foundation for it to develop, reform, and integrate into the world, Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng said.

HCM City has attained significant improvements in socio-economic development while still dealing with problems inherited from previous years after a year piloting special mechanisms and policies for the city’s development.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc had a meeting with authorities in the Mekong Delta province of Bạc Liêu in HCM City on January 12 to evaluate its socio-economic performance and discuss a number of major projects in the locality.

The Vietnamese Government has paid considerable attention to Samsung’s investment projects in Việt Nam and will continue to create favourable conditions for the firm to do business in the country, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told an official from Samsung on Friday.