Proposed sentences for 22 defendants involved in serious economic mismanagement and misappropriation at the State-owned oil group were announced by prosecutors yesterday as the high-profile trial enters the open-debate process.

HCM City People’s Council Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Quyết Tâm and Bounpone Sisoulath, chairman of the Lao National Assembly’s Economic, Technology and Environment Committee, met yesterday in HCM City to share experiences in land management.

 The National Assembly’s Standing Committee (NASC) yesterday rejected a draft resolution on administrative penalties for violations in State auditing, saying it lacked jurisdiction over the issue.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc called on six countries along the Mekong River to increase co-operation in protecting, managing and effectively and sustainably using water resources in the river while addressing the Mekong-Lancang Co-operation (MLC) Summit which opened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc left Hà Nội on Wednesday morning for Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to attend the second Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Summit. 

Việt Nam wishes to further deepen its comprehensive partnership with the US in a pragmatic and effective manner in order to contribute to the maintenance of peace, stability, cooperation and prosperity in the region and beyond.
 

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Phùng Quốc Hiển hosted a reception for head of the Economic, Technology and Environment Committee of the Lao National Assembly Bounpone Sisoulath in Hà Nội.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has called for more support from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to Việt Nam’s projects, including those in transport infrastructure, energy, climate change and sea level rise response.

President Trần Đại Quang asked the Supreme People’s Court to seriously deal with major criminal cases, especially those regarding economic activities and corruption, during a teleconference held in Hà Nội yesterday.