The first meeting session of the National Assembly this year will spend most of their time scrutinising 13 draft laws before voting to pass them, announced the NA Deputy General-Secretary Lê Bộ Lĩnh on Friday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc held a reception for former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien in the capital on Thursday.

Việt Nam hopes to forge stronger co-operation with Belgium in higher education, green economy and climate change responses, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ told Belgian Ambassador to Việt Nam Jehanne Roccas during their meeting in Hà Nội on Thursday.

APEC member economies strongly concur with the need to maintain the forum’s role as a driving force of regional economic growth and incubator of co-operation initiatives for the common prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region.

President Trần Đại Quang on Thursday sent a message of condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin following the death of cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng has called on all retired senior Party and government officials to contribute their experience, intelligence, responsibility and enthusiasm to the national revolutionary cause.

The third session of the National Assembly (NA) is scheduled to take place on May 22 and end on June 21, said Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc, Chairman of NA Office on Wednesday.

The outlook for Asia Pacific remains the strongest globally, but its prospects in the near future are weighed down by challenges and uncertainties, hence economies must promote multilateral co-operation.

Top lawmakers urged for fuller engagement with voters’ opinions yesterday, in response to a report on voters’ proposals to the 14th National Assembly’s second session as well as the upcoming third session.