Vietnam News Agency talks to Đinh Thế Hưng PhD, Head of the Criminal Law Department at the Institute of State and Law, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, about cases in which the court may permit a closed trial instead of an open (or public) trial in light of the upcoming trial of Phan Văn Anh Vũ.

The Politburo and the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) have decided to take disciplinary action against three high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defence for their multiple wrongdoings.

The Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade and Commerce and Ministry of Defence have been urged to complete a system under which senior law enforcement officials will be rotated from their posts in border areas that have been classed as smuggling hotspots.

The Vietnamese Government always wishes to bolster cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in all aspects based on each side’s potential, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the new UAE Ambassador to Việt Nam Obaid Saeed Bintaresh Al Dhaheri in Hà Nội on Friday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc received President of the Japan-Mekong Parliamentary Friendship Association Ryu Shionoya in Hà Nội on Friday, asking him to encourage Japan to enhance ties with Việt Nam.

A national programme on new rural development, which originally focused on improving livelihoods and living quality for residents in rural communes, will be scaled down to hamlet and village levels in remote and economically disadvantaged areas.

President Trần Đại Quang visited the northern province of Hưng Yên on Friday to meet local authorities, offer incense and flowers at revolutionary relic sites, and visit a family who greatly contributed to the revolution.

The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee held its 28th session from July 24-26, focusing on violations of regulations committed by several units and individuals.

Việt Nam always treasures and wishes to strengthen its comprehensive partnership with Canada in an effective and practical manner, President Trần Đại Quang told the outgoing Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Ping Kitnikone on Thursday.