Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc will attend the 30th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Manila, the Philippines from April 28-29 at the invitation of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

Achieving the target of social insurance for 50 per cent of the country workers within three years will be a formidable challenge, since only 24.6 per cent out of 53 million workers have joined the system so far, according to Bùi Sỹ Lợi, Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly Committee for Social Affairs.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân met with voters in Cái Răng district of the southern city of Cần Thơ yesterday to collect public opinions and petitions ahead of the third plenary session of the 14th legislature.

The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission has decided to consider disciplinary action against seven former top executives of the National Oil and Gas Group (PVN), including a member of the Politburo, for causing severe economic losses and negatively affecting the prestige of the Party.

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday met with voters in HCM City’s Districts 1, 3 and 4 to listen to their voices before the upcoming National Assembly meeting next month.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith have agreed to give the top priority to nurturing the bilateral traditional friendship and special solidarity, regarding this as a vital and decisive factor to ensure the victory of each country’s revolutionary cause. 

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Angolan Minister of External Relations Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti have agreed to continue seeking specific measures to strengthen ties in prioritised areas and expand affiliation in other promising fields like agriculture, health care, oil and gas, and telecommunications.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen yesterday agreed on several measures to strengthen multi-faceted relations between the two countries.

President Trần Đại Quang called on New Zealand to join the economic development in Vietnam via increasing trade and investment during his reception for New Zealand Foreign Minister Muray McCully in Hà Nội yesterday.