Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Lê Thị Thu Hằng yesterday stressed that oil and gas exploration and exploitation activities were being carried out by Việt Nam in waters completely under its sovereignty.

The Shah Alam High Court of Malaysia announced on Friday that the trial of Vietnamese citizen Đoàn Thị Hương and Indonesian citizen Siti Aisyah, the suspects in the murder of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) citizen Kim Chol, will last for 23 days, till the end of this November.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said on Thursday that Việt Nam would create “all favourable conditions” for Malaysian businesses to invest in the country.

Mozambique Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario will pay an official visit to Việt Nam from July 31 to August 3.

Plans to strengthen cooperation between Việt Nam and Israel were discussed at the second meeting of the Vietnam-Israel Intergovernmental Committee for Economics, Science and Technology held this week in Tel Aviv.

Việt Nam and New Zealand on Thursday affirmed their determination to raise two-way trade to US$1.7 billion by 2020 during Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ’s working visit to New Zealand.

A grand ceremony was held on Thursday morning to honour and commemorate fallen soldiers, war invalids and others who devoted their lives to national freedom.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ arrived in Wellington yesterday, starting his three-day official visit to New Zealand at the invitation of his counterpart Paula Bennett.

Nat­ional Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân visited and presented gifts to policy beneficiary families in HCM City’s outlying district of Củ Chi yesterday on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).