The National Assembly has issued a resolution to delay the implementation of the Penal Code 2015 and several other laws until the Law on the amendments and supplements to a number of articles in the code becomes effective, announced the President’s Office during a press conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, speaking at a farewell reception in Hà Nội yesterday for the World Bank’s Country Director for Việt Nam praised Victoria Kwakwa’s attainments during her seven-year term.

President Trần Đại Quang has cabled a message of condolence to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the recent terrorist attack at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul city.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, speaking at the start of a two-day Cabinet meeting yesterday, urged officials to ensure the speedy formulation of high quality legal documents, after presentation of a Ministry of Justice report on the implementation of the Government’s law and ordinance programme.

Việt Nam vehemently condemns the suicide bombing and gun attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lê Hải Bình said today.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday held separate meetings with the Ambassadors of Sweden and Myanmar, Camilla Mellander and Win HLaing, who came to say goodbye at the end of their tenures in Việt Nam.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the People’s Public Security force to focus on enhancing capacity in controlling, analysing and forecasting security situations to give timely advice to the Party and State on policies and measures to protect social security and socio-economic development.

National Assembly (NA) members are voting to delay the implementation date of the newly amended Penal Code after several legal loopholes in the code were detected.

Việt Nam and Liberia signed a joint communiqué establishing bilateral diplomatic ties during a ceremony in Hà Nội yesterday.