A major shortcoming that has been, for years, hampering the country’s effort to fight corruption is the lack of a dedicated agency to monitor and investigate assets amassed by government officials, said the head of Government Inspectorate Lê Minh Khái during the National Assembly’s Judicial Affairs Committee plenary season held on Monday in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam and Bangladesh have issued a joint statement, agreeing to work out ways and means to further expand and strengthen meaningful bilateral co-operation in all areas of mutual benefit. 

President Trần Đại Quang met President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid in the capital city of Dhaka on March 5 during his State visit to the country. 

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Nguyễn Phú Trọng has called on public security officials to continue following the teachings of late President Hồ Chí Minh to build a strong and transparent force.

Yesterday, the Hà Nội People’s Court commenced a first-instance trial looking into wrongdoings that caused repeated failures of a major pipeline that supplies water to the capital city.

 An aircraft carrier-led group of the US Navy ships docked in Tiên Sa port yesterday, beginning their first-ever visit to Việt Nam’s central city of Đà Nẵng.

President Trần Đại Quang and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina agreed to exert greater efforts to double the two countries’ two-way trade, which stood at nearly US$900 million in 2017, during their talks in Dhaka yesterday. 

The Standing Committee of the 14th National Assembly will pilot an immediate question-and-answer (Q&A) session during its 22nd sitting, which is scheduled to take place on March 21.

The Theoretical Council of the Communist Party of Việt Nam’s Central Committee in the 2016-21 tenure convened its fifth meeting in Hà Nội on March 3 ahead of the seventh plenum, focusing on the building of a contingent of cadres with adequate virtues and capabilities.