President Trần Đại Quang yesterday visited the High Command of Army Corps 4 or Cửu Long Corps in Dĩ An Town in southern Bình Dương Province, ahead of the traditional New Year (Tết) festival.

 President Tran Dai Quang praised the role played by the coast guard force in protecting national sovereignty over sea and islands during a pre-Tet visit to the Coast Guard Zone 3 High Command in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on January 30. 

Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, Chairwoman of the National Assembly, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the important tasks for Vietnamese law makers in 2018

Deputy Foreign Minister Hà Kim Ngọc and the US’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Tina Kaidanow co-chaired the ninth Việt Nam-US Political, Security and Defence Dialogue in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue close co-operation with its Vietnamese counterpart so as to enhance the two countries’ relations in an effective manner, said Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kazuyuki Nakane.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình yesterday urged authorised agencies involved in crime prevention and the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and fake commodities to strictly punish and prevent corruption.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc highlighted Việt Nam's significant achievements in 2017 in an article published in a special issue titled “The Year Ahead 2018: Hope Against Rage” of the international media organisation Project Syndicate. 

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President Bounnhang Volachith has urged the Ministries of Public Security of Việt Nam and Laos to further their co-operation in fighting crime, especially organised, trans-national, drug and high-tech crimes.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly, Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, presented gifts and Tết greetings to officers and soldiers at Lũng Cú Border Guard Station in the northern province of Hà Giang on Saturday.