Việt Nam News

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called on nations all over the world to strengthen international unity, mobilise resources and effectively respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Party and State leaders and National Assembly (NA) deputies paid homage to President Hồ Chí Minh to mark the late leader’s 130th birthday on Tuesday (May 19, 1890 – May 19, 2020), one day ahead of the 14th parliament’s ninth session.

Việt Nam will work closely with other ASEAN countries and partners, including Australia, to maintain ASEAN's activities through teleconferences, continue to actively promote orientations and priorities for cooperation set out in 2020, said Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Quốc Dũng.

Did you know Hồ Chí Minh once used the alias Paul? Or that the great President loved to play football and practiced martial arts? Here are some little known facts about Uncle Hồ to celebrate his birthday.

President Hồ Chí Minh, the founder of Việt Nam’s modern diplomacy, left the diplomatic sector a valuable heritage, namely unique thoughts on diplomacy, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh wrote in an article published by the Vietnam News Agency on Monday marking the 130th birthday of the late leader.

Park Chan Kyong, a journalist in the Republic of Korea who worked for French news agency AFP for 35 years, has expressed his admiration for late President Hồ Chí Minh’s endless love for the Vietnamese people.

The 14th National Assembly’s ninth session that opens on Wednesday is set to adopt the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and discuss the country’s socio-economic landscape under the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) at the Deputy Foreign Ministerial level was held on Monday online with Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Quốc Dũng, head of Việt Nam ASEAN SOM, in attendance.

Throughout the life of late President Hồ Chí Minh, he devoted a lot of special affection to the People's Public Security Forces. On the occasion of the late President’s 130th birthday, Minister of Public Security General Tô Lâm presents an article titled “President Hồ Chí Minh and the People's Public Security Forces”.

A Navy Court Martial on Monday opened the first instance hearing regarding the mismanagement of defence land in HCM City’s District 1 in which former deputy defence minister Nguyễn Văn Hiến, other Navy officials and company leaders are accused.

The ceremony aimed to highlight the remarkable contributions by the late President to the national revolutionary cause.

Chairman of the Hà Nội People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung handed over 200,000 face masks to the Embassy of France in support of the European country’s fight against COVID-19.

A delegation of the Party Central Committee, the State President, the National Assembly, the Government, and the Việt Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee on Monday paid tribute to President Hồ Chí Minh on the occasion of the late President’s 130th birthday (May 19, 1890-2020).

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng has called on citizens and soldiers nationwide to be united in natural disaster prevention, control and response tasks, to create a society safe from natural disasters and aim towards national sustainable development.

The National Assembly (NA)’s Committee for Finance and Budget proposed prioritising public investment sourced from the State budget in the 2021-25 period to disadvantaged areas in the mountainous, border and island localities to shorten development gaps between regions.

The ASEAN 2020 National Committee convened its fifth meeting in Hà Nội on Friday, focusing on preparations for the upcoming 36th ASEAN Summit.

The Government needed to build short- and long-term scenarios for socio-economic development and review major targets for the economy for 2020, lawmakers said at a NA Standing Committee meeting on Friday.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình on Friday led a delegation of high-ranking officials from the Vietnamese Party, State, National Assembly, and Government as well as the Vietnam Fatherland Front to pay tribute to former Lao Prime Minister and former Chairman of the Lao Front for National Construction Central Committee Sisavath Keobounphanh, who passed away on May 12 at the age of 92.