With 95 per cent of the vote, Hà Nội People’s Committee Chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung has been elected member of the municipal People’s Council for the period 2016-21.

Việt Nam attaches importance to Pan-Tonkin Gulf economic cooperation and wants to enhance partnerships between ASEAN countries and China, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyễn Hồng Trường has said at a forum in China’s Nanning City.

Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Vũ Hồng Nam paid a working visit to Myanmar on May 25-26 in an effort to strengthen cooperation between the countries, as well as between the two foreign ministries.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, who is also head of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-corruption (CSCA), has signed a decision establishing seven working groups in charge of inspecting the investigation and judgment of serious corruption and economic cases of public concern.

The 6th ASEAN-China Defense Ministers’ Informal Meeting took place in Vientiane, Laos, as part of the 10th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM).

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region should increase co-operation to ensure security and maintain peace, stability and prosperity, President Trần Đại Quang said during a recent interview with Russian news agency TASS.

President Trần Đại Quang lauded the contributions made by Australian Ambassador Hugh Borrowman to deepening the comprehensive partnership between Việt Nam and Australia, when he bid farewell to him in Hà Nội yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc attended the Việt Nam-Japan high-level economic policy dialogue yesterday, right after his arrival in Nagoya city, in Japan’s Aichi prefecture.