President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will pay an official visit to Việt Nam next Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

Deputy General Director of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) Ninh Văn Quỳnh was detained on Friday for “deliberately violating State regulations and causing serious consequences” for PVN.

Deputy Foreign Minister Hà Kim Ngọc and a Vietnamese delegation attended the eighth Foreign Ministerial Meeting (FMM-8) of the Forum for East Asia – Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC), which took place in Busan City, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on Thursday. 

Several new Government’s policies come into effect this month, including regulations on credit institutions and foreign bank branches, payments for those involved in searching for and collecting remains of war matyrs, and fines for incorrect weather forecasts.

Việt Nam is deeply concerned about the Chinese announcement that it plans to hold a military drill in the waters off the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said yesterday.

A delegation of Party, State, National Assembly, Government and Việt Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee leaders paid tribute to late President Hồ Chí Minh at his mausoleum in Hà Nội on Friday to mark the 72nd National Day (September 2). 

Administrative procedures in many ministries, sectors and localities remain complex, causing difficulties for enterprises, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc at the monthly Government meeting yesterday.

The fifth Việt Nam-Japan defence policy dialogue took place in the south central province of Khánh Hòa’s Nha Trang City yesterday under the co-chair of Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyễn Chí Vịnh and his Japanese counterpart, Manabe Ro.

With its advantages fully recognised, the southern “emerald island” of Phú Quốc off of Kiên Giang Province is set to live up to its title of a special administrative-economic zone.