Minister of Planning and Industry Nguyễn Chí Dũng asked the National Assembly to review the draft of the amended Law of Public Investment on Tuesday afternoon.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc received Romanian Minister for Business Environment, Commerce and Entrepreneurship Stefan Radu Oprea in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Leaders of China, Laos, Cuba and Russia have cabled congratulatory messages to Party General Secretary Trọng on his election as the State President of Việt Nam.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee (CPVCC) Nguyễn Phú Trọng was elected President for the 2016-21 tenure at a plenum of the 14th National Assembly’s sixth session in Hà Nội on Tuesday. 

The newly-elected State President Nguyễn Phú Trọng took oath of office for the 2016-21 tenure on Tuesday afternoon following the result of the morning vote by deputies of the 14th National Assembly during their on-going sixth session.

The number of poor ethnic minority households accounts for 52.7 per cent of the country’s total poor households, according to Đỗ Văn Chiến, Minister-Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs.

Well-crafted policies have increased the national economy’s ability to adapt to global economic shifts, especially against the looming prospects of a trade war and international financial and monetary risks, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân presented the NA Standing Committee’s nomination for the State President position, with Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng as the sole nominee.

The sixth session of the 14^th National Assembly opened this morning, with the country’s legislature reviewing the year’s socio-economic development and the adoption of several bills.