Three former officials of Vũng Tàu City of southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province have been charged for violating principles relating to land management and conversion for land use purpose.

The 12th Party Central Committee opened its third meeting in Hà Nội this morning under the chair of Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh offered condolences to Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali over the heavy loss of life in a terror attack in the capital city Dhaka.

On Saturday Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ asked the finance sector to adopt drastic measures to ensure a balanced State budget and to meet State budget collection targets set by the National Assembly (NA) for 2016.

Việt Nam hopes the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) will issue a fair and objective decision on a petition filed by the Philippines contesting China’s claims to disputed areas in the East Sea (South China Sea), creating a foundation to peacefully handle disputes in that region.

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.