More elderly people to benefit from Social Insurance Law

The National Assembly Standing Committee on Thursday provided opinions on the draft amended Law on Social Insurance, focusing on the proposal that elderly people who did not receive a pension or other monthly social insurance benefits would be eligible for social retirement allowances provided by the State budget.

Hà Nội seeks stronger ties with Washington D.C.

The Hà Nội delegation had working sessions with Kimberly Bassett, Secretary of the District of Columbia, and Ben de Guzman, Director of the Mayor's Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs in Washington D.C., and various agencies in the city.

Việt Nam always attaches importance to Việt Nam-Israel relations: PM

Việt Nam always attaches importance to Việt Nam-Israel relations, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính told visiting Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat, who is also head of the Israel subcommittee of the Vietnam-Israel Intergovernmental Committee, in Hà Nội on August 16.

Slow issuance of legal documents has not been handled

NA deputies pointed out that during this tenure, the justice ministry has made more careful preparations for the law and ordinance building programme. However, slow issuance of legal documents was still reported. Many issues have been raised but have not been concretalised into laws.

PM Chính inspects Hồ Chí Minh Mausoleum’s periodic maintenance

In the first months of this year, the Mausoleum Management Board has performed its function of advising the Party, State, Prime Minister and Party Central Military Commission, and Ministry of National Defence on the long-term preservation and protection of the body of President Hồ Chí Minh.

Deputy PM receives leader of China’s Yunnan province

Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang on August 15 received Secretary of the provincial Party Committee of China’s Yunnan province Wang Ning on the occasion of the Vietnamese leader’s trip to Yunnan to attend the opening ceremony of the 7th China-South Asia Expo and the 27th Kunming Import and Export Fair.

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