The Government of Việt Nam attaches great importance to friendly and co-operative relations with the US in a pragmatic manner, on the basis of respect for each other’s political institutions, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told a US business delegation in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Việt Nam will strongly support the activities of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said as he welcomed its president Jin Liqun in Hà Nội.

Local authorities must be held accountable to the Government if they allow rampant crime in their jurisdictions, Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình said yesterday.

UN officials gathered yesterday in Hà Nội to discuss initiatives on trade facilitation for landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) in an effort to realise the UN’s development motto of leaving no one behind.

Vietnamese and Lao legislators shared experience in management decentralisation from central to grassroots levels during a workshop held in Hà Nội yesterday. 

Parliamentarians from Việt Nam and Thailand should step up coordination and exchange, especially at multilateral forums, in order to further bolster links between legislative bodies of the two nations, a Vietnamese law-maker has said.

Senior defence officials of Việt Nam and Myanmar have agreed to continue bolstering defence cooperation between the two countries and making it deeper, more effective and practical in the future.

The top legislators of Việt Nam and Laos have agreed to enhance coordination in implementing effectively cooperation agreements and programmes between the two countries’ legislatures, thus strengthening the bilateral relations in the coming time.

The Vietnamese State and Government will create the best conditions for the country’s army to enhance co-ordination with the Myanmar counterpart to deepen the bilateral friendship and co-operation.