The National Assembly Economic Committee held a plenary session yesterday to review the implementation of the national socio-economic development plan in the first nine months of 2016 and tasks for the remaining three months of the year.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc congratulated Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the removal of the international sanctions and the nuclear deal secured with world powers, saying the developments opened up great co-operation opportunities for Việt Nam and Iran.

Việt Nam attaches great importance to developing broad relations with Sweden, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told Swedish Trade Minister Ann Linde and a delegation of Swedish businesses in Hà Nội yesterday.

Legislators yesterday provided the Government with feedback on the draft Law on Support for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), urging the drafter to ensure it was consistent with other relevant legislation.

President Trần Đại Quang and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani reached agreement yyesterday on tightening political liniks between their two countries and expanding their collaboration on economic, cultural and scientifc-technological affairs.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng and his Lao counterpart Sonsay Siphandone pledged to give the highest priority to fostering traditional friendship and special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos during their talks in Vientiane  yesterday.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday started a three-day State-level visit to Việt Nam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Trần Đại Quang. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc urged Vĩnh Bảo District in the northern port city of Hải Phòng to exert all-out efforts to become a new-style rural district soon.

Members of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Assembly (NA) discussed a report on the NA’s supervision over the national target programme on new-style rural area building during their meeting yesterday.