Chairman of the Culture, Education, Youth and Children Committee of the National Assembly Phan Thanh Bình and a Vietnamese delegation are attending the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)’s Interregional Seminar in Beijing, China to promote the implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs). 

China’s announcement that it had launched a live-fire drill in Việt Nam’s Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Archipelago is a serious violation of Việt Nam’s sovereignty over the archipelago, threatening peace and stability in the region and the East Sea, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said yesterday.


 

The 24th APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting (SMEMM) and related meetings, scheduled to take place in HCM City from September 10-15, are expected to enhance the competitiveness and creative capacity of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the digital era.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Việt Nam is considered an important milestone in the cooperation between Việt Nam and Egypt, which is expected to boost the traditional partnership between the two countries in all fields.

A high-ranking delegation of the Việt Nam People’s Army (VPA) is attending the 20th Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference in Canada from September 4-6. 

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.