The Government projects a GDP growth of 6.7 percent in 2017 in a report submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday during the Committee’s 15th session in Hà Nội.

Many voters in Hà Nội applauded the Party and State’s recent efforts to combat corruption, wastefulness and violations in personnel-related affairs during a meeting yesterday with Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng and other National Assembly (NA) deputies of the city. 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân will attend the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly and related meetings in Russia from October 14-15 and pay an official visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan from October 16-18.

After the Cambodian authorities announced they would revoke illegally issued documents from nearly 70,000 Cambodian-born Vietnamese, Việt Nam has asked Cambodia to ensure the interests of the ethnic Vietnamese living in Cambodia.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the National Oil and Gas Group, and the US’s ExxonMobil to speed up negotiations on the development and exploitation of the Cá Voi Xanh (Blue Whale) gas field.

The Vietnamese Party and Government always pays attention to overseas Vietnamese, including those living in Thailand, said Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh.

A competition to design a logo commemorating the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and Việt Nam has been launched in Hà Nội.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng last Saturday signed the Politburo’s first regulation on personnel rotation, aiming at reducing redundancy and ensuring administrative leadership in disadvantaged areas.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh and Singaporean Permanent Secretary for Defence Chan Yeng Kit co-chaired the 8th Việt Nam-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue in Hà Nội yesterday.