The sixth deputy ministerial-level strategic defence dialogue between Việt Nam and China recently convened in Chengdu city in southwestern China's Sichuan Province.

The Party and Government of Việt Nam consistently pursue the goal of stabilising macro-economy, heed growth quality, and accelerate economic restructuring, especially bad debts and banking system, head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyễn Văn Bình said.

Irish President Michael D. Higgins tells Vietnam News Agency’s Phạm Diễm Quỳnh on the eve of his state visit to Việt Nam that the two countries have in common their past independence struggles as well as the current challenge of forging an equitable growth model.

Application of a uniform standard not tailored to meet specific needs of communities is limiting the success of the nation’s rural development programme, National Assembly deputies said yesterday.

President Trần Đại Quang has urged the northern mountainous province of Lạng Sơn to fully tap its potential and strengths to develop border trade, services, tourism, agro-forestry and its rural economy. 

Vietnamese Ambassador to Kuwait Nguyễn Hồng Thao was officially elected a member of the UN International Law Commission (ILC), Vietnam News Agency reported.

Việt Nam welcomes Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision settling a dispute over 17 detained Vietnamese fishermen in line with the strategic partnership between the two countries, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lê Hải Bình said at a regular press conference in Hà Nội yesterday. 

The Party Central Committee (PCC)  Secretariat yesterday ordered disciplinary action against the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and former Minister Vũ Huy Hoàng, accused of abusing his authority.

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and his spouse will pay a State-level visit to Việt Nam from November 5-11.