President Trần Đại Quang has asked the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (IRIC) to continue providing support for member organisations in Southeast Asia, including Việt Nam.

Governments have been asked to encourage the private sector, particularly small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs), to get involved  in the fight against natural disasters, given their vulnerability to extreme weather.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee yesterday reviewed the development of the marine economy along with national defence and security in 2011-16.

The traditional ties between Việt Nam and India are developing in a range of areas, from cooperation in defence-security to trade and investment to people-to-people exchanges, Indian Ambassador to Việt Nam Parvathaneni Harish said at a seminar on the prospects of bilateral ties in Hà Nội yesterday.

APEC disaster officials were working on a recommendation to the leaders of member economies to apply more advanced technology in disaster prevention given the extreme weather the region has been facing.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has called on the Slovakian government to continue creating ideal conditions for Vietnamese businesses in Slovakia and to ensure equality for Vietnamese workers there.

Top lawmakers yesterday discussed expanding the scope of the Law on Anti-Corruption to the non-State sector.

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee yesterday discussed improving the cross-border transportation of goods as Việt Nam continues to forge deeper ties with its regional neighbours.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called on the World Bank (WB) to intensify its mobilisation of capital from international donors for projects that meet Việt Nam’s development investment needs.