A workshop was opened in Hà Nội yesterday with a view to beefing up economic cooperation between Việt Nam and China.

The Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) should spend more time applying scientific achievements to reality, especially in production, business and start-ups.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc urged the Việt Nam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) to become a trustworthy organisation to solve social concerns during a conference in Hà Nội yesterday to launch its tasks for 2017.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has requested the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) to press ahead with reducing the size of its workforce and eradicating family member employment and appointments to promote staff performance.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue its close co-operation with its Lao counterpart to keep solidifying the two countries’ special relationship for the sake of their peoples and the success of their respective revolutionary causes.

The police must be the core force to ensure national security, social order and safety in any circumstances, Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng underscored while addressing the 72nd national police conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

Chief of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) cabinet Mam Sarin has proposed leaders of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the CPP sign a new bilateral cooperation agreement for the 2017-18 period.

President Trần Đại Quang today sent a message of sympathy to his Russian counterpart V. Putin over the airplane accident the day before. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has proposed that the Lao National Mekong Committee continue working with Việt Nam to monitor the practical impact of hydropower plants on the trans-boundary river and protect its environment.