Police in the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang busted a people-smuggling syndicate, which allegedly sold two teenagers to China, and arrested three suspects.

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said he has a plan to meet with Vietnamese investors in Laos to seek to tackle obstacles hindering their operations.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc met ex-President of the Senate of Malaysia Michael Cheng Wing Sum in Hà Nội yesterday, saying that Việt Nam defined the promotion of economic and trade ties with ASEAN member states, including Malaysia, as a priority. 

Minister of National Defence General Ngô Xuân Lịch will attend an informal meeting of ASEAN-US defence ministers in Hawaii from September 29 to October 1 at the invitation of the US Secretary of Defence.
 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân reiterated Việt Nam’s consistent policy of giving priority to strengthening traditional friendship and multi-dimensional cooperation with Cambodia during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen in Phnom Penh yesterday. 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân has affirmed Việt Nam’s consistency in attaching importance and top priority for the consolidation and strengthening of good neighbourliness, traditional friendship and comprehensive co-operation with Cambodia.

Assistant to the Foreign Minister Dương Trí Dũng introduced Việt Nam’s women empowerment as well as gender integration in the country’s development policies and strategies at the Annual Discussion of Integration of a Gender Perspective which took place within the framework of the 33rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva yesterday. 

The Quảng Ninh Police, in co-ordination with the Hải Phòng Police, yesterday caught Doãn Trung Dũng, the prime suspect in the murders of a grandmother and her three grandchildren in Phương Nam Ward of Uông Bí City.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday with Italy’s Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Graziano Delrio, who said his country will be a companion to Việt Nam during the course of development.