The National Assembly voted to approve the Prime Minister’s appointment of three Deputy Prime Ministers and 18 Ministers and Cabinet members this morning, during the ongoing 11th and the last session of the 13 th legislature in Hanoi. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday submitted proposals on removing 20 Deputy
Prime Ministers, ministers and Cabinet members to the 13th NA’s 11th meeting, while also
presented proposals on nominating new Deputy PMs, Ministers and other Cabinet members. NA
deputies will vote to approve the proposals today.

Leaders of the Vietnamese State and Party attended traditional rituals for the Laos Bun Pi May festival, which was organised by the Laotian Embassy in Việt Nam yesterday in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam and Timor Leste will intensify their cooperation across politics, economy, investment, trade, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, and communications.

The National Assembly (NA) elected the new Vice President, Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court and Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy this morning.

As many as 458 lawmakers or 92.71 percent of the total consented to dismiss Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan from her post.

National Assembly deputies hope the newly-elected PM Phúc will continue taking the fight against corruption and wastefulness as one of his priorities.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has pledged to build a transparent, strong, united government that will take drastic, creative and effective actions, and do its best to serve the people.

 Việt Nam requested China to cancel its oil drilling plan and promptly remove its Haiyang Shiyou 981 drilling rig from the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin whose delineation is under negotiation, said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lê Hải Bình.