Former Politburo member and former Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải passed away at 1:30 on Saturday in Củ Chi, Hồ Chí Minh City, aged 85, according to the Board of health care services for senior officials.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng on Friday urged for more efforts to create a better life for people who had to relocate for the construction of the Sơn La Hydropower Plant in the northwestern province of Sơn La.

The first ASEAN-Australia Special Summit opened in Sydney on Friday, in the presence of Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and leaders of ASEAN nations including Vietnamese PM Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. 

President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in and his spouse will pay a State visit to Việt Nam from March 22-24. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc held meetings with Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Governor David Hurley of New South Wales on Friday immediately after he arrived in Sydney, continuing his official visit to Australia.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his regional counterparts are expected to gather in Hà Nội this month to attend two development summits, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.

The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission is considering disciplinary action against some top leaders of southern Đồng Nai Province and the Central Highlands’ Đắk Lắk Province for their violations which caused “serious consequences.”

The South China Sea (the East Sea) is one of the richest seas in the world, but its resources are being depleted quickly. According to experts at the second Ocean Dialogue, themed fisheries co-operation, held yesterday in Hà Nội, stakeholders in the sea, including coastal countries and international agencies, must collaborate on safeguarding fisheries.

Prime Minister of Việt Nam Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove hailed the importance of the establishment of a strategic partnership between their countries at a meeting in Canberra on March 15.