The 29th Diplomatic Conference opened in Hà Nội yesterday with the purpose of seeking measures to increase the efficiency of external activities and international integration to successfully realise the 12th National Party Congress resolution.

A working delegation led by head of the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission Trần Quốc Vượng yesterday worked with authorities of northern Thái Nguyên Province to inspect the investigation and prosecution of corruption and economic cases of public concern.

President Trần Đại Quang asked the Air Defence – Air Force Service to continue promoting its core role in intensifying national defence and safeguarding the country while visiting the unit yesterday on the occasion of the 71st August Revolution and National Day (September 2).

Việt Nam acknowledges several adjustments in the US Department of State’s 2015 annual report on international religious freedom, however it still contains several subjective assessments and cites incorrect information about Việt Nam, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lê Hải Bình.

Strengthening established relations with countries is one of the key tasks that the diplomatic sector will take on in the time to come, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh told local media ahead of the 29^th Diplomatic Conference and the 18^th National External Affairs Conference starting tomorrow.

President of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân has suggested the Republic of Korea (RoK) support Việt Nam in infrastructure development and cyber security worker training.

A ship from the Regional Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre No 2 (MRCC Đà Nẵng) rescued and took an ill fisherman to port of Đà Nẵng yesterday.

An official of the Yên Bái Province’s forest ranger team yesterday shot and killed two provincial leaders before turning the gun on himself in a shooting case authorities are calling  “especially serious” and “unprecedented” in the country.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc made a trip to the northern mountainous province of Yên Bái this noon following a shooting targeting two local leaders the same day.