National Assembly deputies have pinned high hopes on the Government for the 2016-2021 tenure after hearing Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc’s inaugural address on Tuesday, in which he pledged to build a Government serves the people and spurs growth.

A delegation of top Vietnamese leaders laid wreaths and paid tribute to heroic martyrs at the Monument to Heroic Martyrs in Hà Nội yesterday on the 69th National War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day.

As many as 96.96 per cent of deputies at the first session of the 14th National Assembly yesterday approved a resolution determining there will be 27 members of the Government in the 2016-2021 tenure, the same number as the previous tenure. 

Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh met his counterparts from Norway, New Zealand and Canada yesterday on the sidelines of the 49th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM-49) and related meetings in Vientiane, Laos.

Việt Nam has reiterated its stance on protecting peace, security, stability and maritime navigation and aviation in the South China Sea (East Sea) at separate meetings between ASEAN foreign ministers and their counterparts from partner countries in Laos.

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh held meetings yesterday with his counterparts on the sidelines of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 49) in Laos.

Top Vietnamese leaders laid wreaths and paid tribute to heroic martyrs at the Monument to Heroic Martyrs in Hà Nội on the 69th National War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day today.

As many as 485 out of 489 deputies present at the July 26 plenary session of the 14th National Assembly, or 98.18 per cent, voted for Nguyễn Xuân Phúc as Prime Minister for the 2016-2021 tenure.

Foreign ministers from Japan and five Mekong river countries got together at the 9th Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Vientiane, Laos, on Monday, alongside the 49th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM 49).