Đinh La Thăng, former chairman of the Member Council of PetroVietnam (PVN), will face charges of “deliberately violating State regulations, causing severe consequences” while his subordinate, Trịnh Xuân Thanh, will have the same charges together with “misappropriating property.”

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday urged newly-accredited US Ambassador to Việt Nam, Daniel Kritenbrink, to promote the exchange of high-level delegations and prompt the US Government to actively handle issues proposed by Việt Nam to develop bilateral relations.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng has requested the army maintain its core role in providing for the defence and security of all people.

Collaboration among the three pillars of the ASEAN Community—political security, economics, and socio-cultural issues—determines ASEAN’s success and should be promoted, said Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Quốc Dũng, head of Việt Nam-ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting.

Việt Nam and Japan should take the lead in speeding up the signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) as the two nations have a strategic partnership, traditional friendship and time-honoured trade, economic and investment ties, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

A delegation of Hà Nội officials led by municipal Party Committee Secretary Hoàng Trung Hải laid wreaths at the B52 victory monument on Hà Nội’s Khâm Thiên street on December 26.

President Trần Đại Quang has urged the judicial sector to focus on dealing with complaints and denunciations from people and to increase direct dialogues with citizens to prevent prolonged and complicated cases.

Lauding the Central Theoretical Council’s important role, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng emphasised at its meeting on Saturday in Hà Nội that the council should continue to provide strong theoretical foundations for the building of policies that are consistent with Maxist-Leninist thought, Hồ Chí Minh’s teachings and Socialist ideology.

An increase in social insurance premiums that will accompany new rules that take effect next year will benefit workers, officials claim.