Colombia regards Việt Nam as a key partner in Southeast Asia and wants to enhance win-win co-operation between the two countries.

The National Election Council (NEC) convened its seventh session - its last plenary meeting - in Hà Nội yesterday under the chair of National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, head of the council.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has emphasised connections as a major focus of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) nations, during the 11th ASEM Summit that opened in Ulan Bator, Mongolia yesterday. 

Party Secretary General Nguyễn Phú Trọng has urged the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu to develop agro-forestry towards industrialisation and modernisation. 

Vietnamese leaders extend condolences to their French counterparts over the widespread loss of life in a terrorist attack in Nice late on July 14.

The Prime Ministers of Việt Nam and Laos yesterday reached a high consensus on the work to continue cementing, maintaining, and ratcheting up special solidarity and comprehensive co-operation between the two countries during their meeting in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân yesterday hosted a reception for Danish Ambassador Charlotte Laursen and outgoing Swedish Ambassador Camilla Mellander.

A national symposium on the role of the Resolution of the 12^th National Party Congress in national security and defence and in the building of the People’s Armed Forces was held in the capital city yesterday.

Việt Nam once again asserts that it has sufficient legal grounds and historical evidence affirming its sovereignty over Hoàng Sa (Paracel) and Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes, Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Lê Hải Bình said yesterday.