Overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs have proved effective and contributed to the country’s socio-economic development.

47 construction projects running behind schedule will be discontinued and have their licences revoked, Chairman of Hà Nội People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung stressed.

Minister Tô Lâm said on August 13 that the Ministry of Public Security and the Central Public Security Party Committee are determined to strictly deal with any violations within the ministry, even those involving senior officers.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened its question-and-answer session on Monday morning with Minister-Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Đỗ Văn Chiến, with a focus on the implementation of ethnic minority group policies.

Deputy Prime Minister cum Minister of Foreign Affairs Phạm Bình Minh confirmed that the diplomatic sector had completed the major tasks set by the 12th National Party Congress at the 30th Diplomatic Conference which opened in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and heads of Vietnamese representative missions abroad are ready to work alongside domestic cities and provinces in comprehensively fostering external relations with other countries, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh.

The National Assembly's Standing Committee has asked for changes to a draft law that includes animal welfare, animal rights and humane treatment of livestock to be explained.

Việt Nam resolutely objects to China’s recent activities in the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) archipelago and reiterated Việt Nam’s sovereignty over the islands, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokeswoman Lê Thị Thu Hằng said yesterday.

Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday agreed that future Official Development Assistance loans are necessary for Việt Nam to meet its development potential, but they emphasised the need to spend these loans more effectively.