The National Assembly (NA) agreed to let Nguyễn Sinh Hùng step down from his positions as chairman of the NA and the National Election Council (NEC) during a plenary session yesterday.

President Trương Tấn Sang said he hopes the World Bank (WB) will support Việt Nam in coping with the prolonged salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta during a meeting with WB Country Director to Việt Nam Victoria Kwakwa yesterday.

Defence Minister General Phùng Quang Thanh (left) and his Chinese counterpart Chang Wanquan performed the ritual of saluting territorial sovereignty marker 1223 and witnessed a joint patrol of the two countries’ border soldiers at Chi Ma Border Gate in the northern mountainous province of Lạng Sơn yesterday. 

President Trương Tấn Sang asked Russia’s Primorye authorities to enlarge its market and connect with neighbouring regions so that Vietnamese products can gain access to the Far East, during a reception yesterday for the Governor of Primorye Territory Vladimir Miklushevsky.

Despite fruitful efforts to keep the country’s economy afloat for the last five years, the Vietnamese government should reform to make sure orders are carried out more efficiently from the top down, a National Assembly (NA) deputy said yesterday.

The most outstanding imprint left by the 13th National Assembly (NA) during its tenure was the 2013 Constitution, which upholds human rights, citizens’ rights and the rule of law, lawmakers said at the NA session yesterday.

Việt Nam strongly condemns terror attacks on civilians, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lê Hải Bình said yesterday, a day after a bomb blast in Pakistan claimed more than 70 lives and injured hundreds of others.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has urged the industry ministries of Việt Nam and Cambodia to boost their links to support both countries’ businesses in the industry and investment fields.