Voters in Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm and Ba Đình districts contributed their opinions on a range of issues such as rural construction, environmental protection and Party building at a meeting with Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng yesterday.

Việt Nam attaches great importance to comprehensive co-operation with Chile, the first country in the Western Hemisphere to sign the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Việt Nam, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Phạm Bình Minh said yesterday.

Renewing management mechanisms and reducing the number of employees on the State payroll are needed to replace incompetent civil servants with qualified ones, said Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Trần Anh Tuấn.

Renewing the growth model to one propelled by economic productivity and competitiveness was a key task set by the 12th Party Central Committee during its six-day fourth plenary meeting that concluded on October 14.

President Trần Đại Quang, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân on Friday sent their condolences to Thailand over the death of King Bhumibol Abdulyadej.

Việt Nam has been making practical contributions to turning the Mekong sub-region into a dynamic and prosperous economic area via CLMV and ACMECS cooperation frameworks.

Việt Nam’s representative agencies in the Republic of Korea (RoK), China and Malaysia have been working to provide protection services for Vietnamese nationals in the countries as reported by Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Lê Hải Bình during a regular press conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

Poland wants stronger ties between Việt Nam and the European Union, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Joanna Wronecka said yesterday. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said yesterday that Việt Nam attaches great importance to expanding exchanges and co-operation between localities of Việt Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK).