The 10th round of negotiations of the working group on less sensitive sea-related fields between Việt Nam and China was held in Beijing, China, from December 11 to 14.

The Presidential Office yesterday announced six new laws at a press conference. 

Việt Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) may cooperate in science education and training, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam told Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of the RoK Kim Sang Kon at their meeting in Hà Nội on December 14.

The joint co-ordination committee of the Cambodia-Laos-Việt Nam (CLV) Development Triangle Area will hold its 11th meeting in Việt Nam’s southern province of Bình Phước from December 15-19.

The National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday convened and agreed in principle the introduction of government’s regulations on gallery and exhibitions as well as the establishment of the Ninh Cường township in the northern province of Nam Định.

Work began on the construction of a high school, a gift from General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng, in Laos’ Bolikhamsai Province on Wednesday. 

The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) yesterday passed a resolution on allocating additional funds to buy rice and add to the national reserve.

The national watchdog has made notable improvements in its work, but the problems of overlapping, delays and corruption persist, the head of the Government Inspectorate, Lê Minh Khái, has acknowledged.

Ministry of Public Security’s Police Investigation Agency yesterday issued a decision launching criminal proceedings against five former officials of the Việt Nam Rubber Group (VRG) accused of deliberately violating State rules on economic management resulting in serious consequences.