Việt Nam News

Members of the National Assembly on Saturday had an online discussion on the piloting of the urban administration model in Đà Nẵng, and a report on the revised law on residence.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has suggested the north-eastern province of Quảng Ninh devise a strategy to develop tourism as its spearhead economic sector, especially in the remaining months of this year and during the new tenure of the provincial Party Organisation.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Hà Kim Ngọc has held phone talks with US Congressman Ami Bera, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation, on the comprehensive partnership between the two countries and bilateral cooperation in the fight against COVID-19.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam – HCM City on Friday (May 22) donated an automated protein and nucleic acid purification system to the HCM City Centre for Disease Control to support its response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

National Assembly deputies aired their grievances about the Government's failure to submit draft laws for parliamentary review in line with the agenda, during a discussion held on Friday to look at legislative building for 2020-21. 

Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, head of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations, on Thursday (local time) chaired the first online informal meeting between ambassadors of the 10 non-permanent member countries of the United Nations Security Council (E10) and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

Early awareness of the pandemic, appropriate, drastic and people-centric measures as well as public support are what behind Việt Nam’s successes in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

In the morning session, the NA mulled over the draft Việt Nam Border Guard Law which covers border defence tasks, international co-operation in border defence and the responsibilities of agencies, organisations and individuals performing border defence tasks.

Public non-business units run by provinces/cities People’s Committees will be able to send workers abroad for working to implement international treaties and international agreements.

As a result, the Navy lost the right to manage and use three plots of land for 49 years, causing losses of VNĐ939 billion to the State budget.

Joining the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (Convention 105) is significant to Việt Nam in political, economic, social and legal spheres, Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh said on Wednesday.

Việt Nam Government sets its sight maximum GDP growth of 5.2 per cent in best case scenarios this year, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the world’s economy. 

The Supreme People’s Court has decided to prosecute 12 suspects involved in banking operation violations occurred at the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV).

An online symposium on the life, thoughts and career of President Hồ Chí Minh took place in New York on Tuesday on the occasion of the late leader’s 130th birthday.

Speaking highly of Việt Nam success in the fight against the pandemic, Di Maio thanked the Vietnamese Government and people for providing valuable support for Italy in difficult times, saying that it is an act of friendship and solidarity between the two nations.

The 14th-tenure National Assembly (NA) opened the ninth session in Hà Nội on Wednesday morning.

Việt Nam has called for special attention to responding to the COVID-19 epidemic which is exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in Syria, at a regular monthly meeting of the UN Security Council.

Park Noh-wan, Ambassador of the RoK in Việt Nam, thinks that governments of the two countries have in fact common values and shared interests in normalising people-to-people exchange post Covid-19.