Security ministers of Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia met in Hà Nội on August 17 to discuss co-operation among the three countries’ security forces.

The International Religious Freedom Report for 2016 recently issued by the US Department of State once again does not reflect correctly the state of religious practice and belief in Việt Nam, nor the country’s achievements in ensuring the right to freedom of religion.

The National Assembly Standing Committee discussed adjustments to this year’s central budget expenditures on Thursday as well as the use of money left over from 2016.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha agreed on Thursday that the two countries would strive to raise two-way trade to US$20 billion before 2020. Total bilateral trade volume last year reached $12.5 billion.

Around 2,600 delegates from 21 APEC member economies are in HCM City for the third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 3) which begins today (Aug 18).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has stressed that the reform of administrative procedures must be accelerated to bolster growth, noting that the public and business community still complain about prolonged and cumbersome administrative processes in many State agencies. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc urged the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) to continue revamping its operation based on the community, and in a pragmatic fashion.

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee yesterday held an interpellation session with questions directed to Minister of Construction Trần Hồng Hà on numerous issues of interest, including state management on planning, and inspection and supervision on the use of urban land in harmony with traffic development.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee held a working session on supervising implementation of BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) traffic projects in the wake of heated protests over one of them in the southern province of Tiền Giang.