The upcoming National Assembly meeting will begin next Monday, May 21 and conclude on June 15, annouce the NA’s Secretary General Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc during a press conference today (May 19).

The People’s Court of Hà Nội on Thursday reached a verdict to punish five con artists from northern province of Lạng Sơn who helped a Chinese national in impersonating police to blackmail people.

A high-level delegation from Cuba’s Young Communist League (UJC) is paying a working visit to Việt Nam to learn about the Southeast Asian country’s youth education and training in an ongoing effort to share knowlege on national development and effective defence strategies.

Vietnamese President Trần Đại Quang has sent a message of condolences to President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas over the deaths and injuries of many Palestinians in the conflict in the Gaza Strip on May 14.

Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyễn Phương Nga, head of the Việt Nam Permanent Mission to the United Nations, deposited with the UN Secretary General Việt Nam’s instrument of ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on May 17, becoming the 10th country ratifying the document.

Government and Party leaders gathered Friday morning in Hà Nội to pay tribute to President Hồ Chí Minh on the 128th anniversary of his birthday.

President Trần Đại Quang hosted Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn, who is in Việt Nam to co-chair the 16th meeting of the Việt Nam-Cambodia Joint Commission on Economic, Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation. 

President Trần Đại Quang hosted separate receptions for Ambassadors of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mozambique and the Republic of Korea (RoK) after receiving their letter of credentials on Thursday.

Việt Nam will send more officers, especially women, to participate in the UN peacekeeping operations, said Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh.