The National Assembly Standing Committee discussed the draft of the Public Policy Law during its 13^th meeting yesterday.

Việt Nam always treasures and wants to consolidate and further enhance traditional relations with Mongolia, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Uông Chu Lưu said.

Việt Nam and Mexico need to promote co-operation between their Parliamentary Friendship Groups, National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tòng Thị Phóng said while receiving Chairwoman of the Mexican Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee Gabriela Cuevas Barron in Hà Nội yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday had meetings with President of Thailand’s Privy Council Prem Tinsulanonda and President of Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly Pornpetch Wichitcholchai as part of his on-going visit to Thailand. 

The growing threat of terrorism in the APEC region stemming from lSlL, Al-Qaida and other organisations, cross-border travel of foreign terrorist fighters, spread of radicalisation through the Internet, and new sources and channels of terrorist financing were discussed yesterday at the third APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 3) in HCM City.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ on Wednesday asked the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health (MoH) to work together to organise bidding for medicines covered by health insurance so the mechanism can be put in place by 2018.

Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yildirim will visit Việt Nam from August 22-24, at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official visit to Indonesia from August 22-24 at the invitation of Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo. 

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.