Providing the foreign Minister, and heads of Supreme People’s Procuracy and Supreme People’s Court with bodyguards was proposed in the draft Law on Guard Force which was discussed in the 14th National Assembly Standing Commitee (NASC) session.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has underscored the need for the central province of Nghệ An to change its thinking about socio-economic development and optimise its strength to grow further.

The Lao National Assembly is seeking closer links in many fields with its Vietnamese counterpart, Lao National Assembly Vice Chairman Somphan Phengkhammy said yesterday in Hà Nội.

Military Region 4 of the Việt Nam People’s Army in central provinces has made efforts to strengthen national defence and security, maintain political stability and social order, thus contributing to the country’s socio-economic development, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said yesterday.

President Trần Đại Quang urged people’s courts at all levels to stick to the law abiding spirit in order to make fair convictions at a working session with leaders of the Supreme People’s Court in Hà Nội yesterday. 

Former Chairman of the State Planning Committee (now the Ministry of Planning and Investment) Đậu Ngọc Xuân passed away on Tuesday at the age of 89.

Following high-level meetings in Bangkok, Thailand and Việt Nam have decided to lift their two-way trade to US$20 billion by 2020, almost doubling the current level of $13 billion.

Trần Văn Thêm, an 80-year-old man from Bắc Ninh Province who was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in 1973, got a public apology from central judicial bodies today.

Japan’s Marubeni Corporation is seeking investment opportunities in coal exports, gas production, renewable energy and wastewater treatment in Việt Nam.