Australia’s Ambassador to Việt Nam Hugh Borrowman pledged to continue stepping up his country’s co-operation with Việt Nam while saying farewell to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in Hà Nội yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged ministers, particularly newly-appointed ones, to prepare action plans that improve their management to fulfill socio-economic development targets.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng called on Asian countries to enhance regional co-operation at the 22nd Asia Future Conference in Tokyo, Japan yesterday.

Child care, education and protection are strategic matters that contribute to preparing and raising the quality of human resources, thus serving the country’s industrialisation, modernisation and international integration, said President Trần Đại Quang.

A delegation of Việt Nam’s Ministry of Public Security, led by Minister Tô Lâm, discussed co-operation on security issues with Russia’s security leaders last Friday. 

More than two third of the total 63 localities nationwide have announced the results of elections to the people’s councils at provincial levels for the 2016-21 term just a week after the five-yearly general election last Sunday.

The monthly base salary for civil servants, public employees and those working in the armed forces has been officially stipulated to go up by 5 per cent to VNĐ1.21 million (nearly US$54), following a newly-signed Government decree.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe discussed major orientations and specific measures to develop the Việt Nam-Japan extensive strategic partnership in a comprehensive, pragmatic and more effective manner in the time ahead during talks in Tokyo on Saturday.

Two out of four self-nominated candidates contesting elections to the HCM City People’s Council for the 2016-21 term have won.