The High-level People’s Court in Hà Nội on Monday increased the penalty imposed on one of the four defendants charged with “abusing position and power to appropriate assets” at the State-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin).

Lauding the Chinese delegation’s visit, the PM spoke highly of the partnership between the two agriculture ministries over the past 70 years and the recent signing of a number of agreements on trade on farm produce.

Vietnamese NA Permanent Vice Chairwoman Tòng Thị Phóng had separate meetings on Sunday with officials of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Myanmar’s parliament on the sidelines of the 141st Assembly of the IPU (IPU-141) in Belgrade, Serbia.

Việt Nam had convincing evidence of its sovereignty over the East Sea, Russian expert Grigory Trofimchuk, Chairman of the Expert Council of the Eurasian Foundation for Support of Scientific Research, has said.