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.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc lauded the effective cooperation between Japanese and Vietnamese businesses as he received the Special Advisor to the Japanese Cabinet Isao Iijima in Hà Nội on Saturday.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam received Cambodian Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith in Hà Nội on Friday.