Việt Nam News

Viet Nam will do its utmost to bolster its traditional friendship and co-operation with Cuba, Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng said during a reception in Hà Nội yesterday for Cuban Minister of Construction Rene Antonio Mesa Villafana.

Regional co-operation on issues relating to keeping the peace and protecting security, human rights, international trade and investment, and environmental protection were discussed at the two-day regional conference of the Asian Society on International Law (Asiansil) in Hà Nội yesterday.

ASEAN-China relations and the East Sea issue dominated a special meeting of foreign ministers of ASEAN and China in Kunming, in the Chinese province of Yunnan yesterday. 
 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc had separate welcome meetings with the new Ambassadors of Malaysia and Thailand to Việt Nam in Hà Nội yesterday.
 

President Quang starts his visit to Cambodia at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday.

Việt Nam’s total budget revenue in 2014  reached VNĐ1,130 trillion (US$50 billion), of which the estimated tax collection was more than VNĐ877 trillion ($38 billion), an increase of 12 per cent over the planned figure.

Việt Nam and Cambodia have agreed to continue their mutual support and close collaboration in order to strengthen the “good neighbourliness, traditional friendship and comprehensive, sustainable and long-term co-operation” between the two countries, thus bringing pragmatic interests to their people. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Yunnan, China, yesterday on the sideline of the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting. 

A common perspective among countries on the risks facing regional maritime security is crucial to build strong co-operation, said Commodore Michiel Hijmans, former deputy permanent military representative of the Netherlands to NATO and the European Union.

The Party and State will facilitate Vietnamese investment and business in Laos, President Trần Đại Quang said during a working session with Vietnamese investors in Laos yesterday.

The 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee kicked off its 49th session in Hà Nội yesterday, during which court-related issues and preparations for the 14th parliament are high on the agenda.

Việt Nam will ensure better fundamental human rights for its people, Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thĩnh said at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday.

The completion of development planning is the focal task of Cần Thơ City as it is the capital of the whole Mekong Delta region, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said yesterday.

President Trần Đại Quang arrived in Vientiane yesterday, beginning his three-day State visit to Laos at the invitation of Lao Party General Secretary and President Bounnhang Vorachith.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has called on China to create more favourable conditions for the transportation and import of Vietnamese goods, especially agro-forestry-fisheries products, in order to improve bilateral trade balance.

President Trần Đại Quang and his wife will make a State visit to Laos and Cambodia on June 12 to 16.

Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh affirmed women’s important role in national development at the 26th Global Summit of Women in Warsaw

Urgent need for international co-operation mechanism on marine security and safety in East Asia highlighted at  international workshop in northern province of Quảng Ninh