The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday hosted a high-level roundtable to look back on the ASEAN Chairmanship 2020 of Việt Nam, chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Quốc Dũng.
VN ambassador told the story about Nguyễn Ái Quốc, who was later known as President Hồ Chí Minh, sending a document detailing the claims of the Annamite people to the Versailles conference in 1919, where colonialist powers discussed colonial issues, and writing a letter to the President of the first session of the UN General Assembly in 1946 to express Việt Nam’s wish to join the UN.
Việt Nam regrets the US’ decision to sanction a Vietnamese gas transportation firm for allegedly facilitating the export of petrochemical products from Iran in contravention of sanctions.
Việt Nam always supports and ensures the exercise of freedom of the press in the country, spokesperson for the foreign affairs ministry Lê Thị Thu Hằng said on Thursday during a media briefing in Hà Nội.
The People’s Procuracy of HCM City on Wednesday commenced legal proceedings against Tất Thành Cang, former permanent vice secretary of the municipal Party Committee, to investigate alleged “violations of regulations on management and use of State assets, causing losses”.
Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, head of Việt Nam’s permanent mission to the UN, has highlighted the importance of the international community’s assistance to Syria to speed up the political process and improve the humanitarian situation.
Maritime cooperation within ASEAN and ASEAN-led mechanisms have reaped significant outcomes across spheres despite COVID-19, heard the 10th ASEAN Maritime Forum (AMF) that was held both in online and in-person formats earlier this week.
Ambassador Trần Đức Bình, head of Việt Nam’s permanent mission to ASEAN, highlighted the country’s outstanding achievements during its 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship in a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency.
Việt Nam looks forward to the continued support from the OECD, thereby gaining exposure to sound practices to expedite restructuring, enhance our economy’s competitiveness and growth quality, promote international integration, and effectively fulfil the Sustainable Development Goals.
Việt Nam has emphasised countries’ top responsibility in the prosecution of severe international crimes at a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) briefing on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) held on December 14 (US time).
Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, head of the Vietnamese Mission to the United Nations, has called on the international community to work together on preventing famine and to continue helping Yemen in 2021.
The People’s Court of HCM City on Monday opened the first-instance trial looking into bidding and accounting fraud in the HCM City-Trung Lương Expressway project, a major toll road in southern Việt Nam.
Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Dato Lim Jock Hoi has commended Việt Nam’s exemplary role as the Chair of ASEAN in a year full of challenges.
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has taken legal action against 14 people for alleged involvement in legal violations in Phase 2 of the production expansion project at the Thái Nguyên Iron and Steel Joint Stock Corporation (TISCO).
The participants will introduce candidates to the highest political positions of the country – including the Politburo and the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat for the 13th tenure – and finalise draft election regulations and working rules of the 13th National Party Congress, along with a number of other important matters.
A national teleconference took place on Saturday to review outcomes of the 10-year implementation of the Party Central Committee Secretariat’s Conclusion 61 and the Prime Minister’s Decision 673 on rural development.
In the past five years, more than 87,000 Party members received disciplinary measures, of whom more than 3,200 were involved in corruption.
With the success of the ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020, Việt Nam is not only an active ASEAN member but also a strong, trustworthy and special mainstay, especially at a challenging time like when ASEAN faces the COVID-19 crisis, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.