It includes a detailed map of a battlefield in Phước Tuy Province, currently known as Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province, and Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelago where about 3,000 Vietnamese people were buried after battles with Australia and New Zealand’s soldiers.

Việt Nam is winning the war on corruption – albeit gradually.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday condemned Chinese moves to hamper Việt Nam’s oil and gas businesses within the country’s rightful waters, saying they constitute a serious violation of international law.

Several laws and regulations that were supposed to be developed following Việt Nam’s new Constitution in 2013 are still yet to materialise, let alone be ratified, according to the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee.

Việt Nam, Cambodia and Laos should work together across their borders to fight the illegal drug trade, said participants at the 18th trilateral/bilateral ministerial meeting on drug control co-operation among the three nations held in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân has emphasised the necessity to improve, facilitate and preserve cultural and spiritual life of ethnic minority people alongside attention to social and economic development.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình yesterday said Việt Nam is committed in the fight against illegal drugs.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc received Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz in Hà Nội on Tuesday, pledging to encourage Vietnamese firms’ investment in the Caribbean nation.

The Vietnamese Party, State and people always treasure the fraternal solidarity, traditional friendship and comprehensive co-operation with Cuba, and want to expand collaboration in the fields of both sides’ strengths so as to benefit the development of each nation, Minister of Construction Phạm Hồng Hà said on Tuesday.