Việt Nam is committed to creating favourable conditions for Japanese businesses to invest in the country, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told Kanji Hayama, former president of the Japan’s Taisei Corp., in Hà Nội yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc spoke highly of Bulgarian Ambassador Evgueni Stefanov Stoytchev’s dedication to boost the Việt Nam-Bulgaria relations when the outgoing ambassador came to bid farewell to him yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said Việt Nam will do its best to foster ASEAN-India strategic partnership in its role as the current coordinator of ASEAN-India ties and a close friend of India.

In a wide ranging policy speech yesterday, Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng laid out key areas for reform, ranging from the country’s growth model and State budget, to bad debts and population control.

Several private companies have invested in building infrastructure for the 2017 APEC forum.

The Party, the Government and political apparatus as a whole is committed and determined to fight corruption, Minister and Chairman of the Government’s Office, Mai Tiến Dũng, said yesterday.

Viet Nam always treasures and accords top priority to preserving and developing its special solidarity with Laos, President Trần Đại Quang said yesterday.

Việt Nam urges its businesses to boost investment in Cuba in the fields of consumer goods production and agriculture, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz in Hà Nội yesterday.

The first meeting of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) Executive Council has called for the building of solidarity and trust to foster peace and stability in the continent.