Việt Nam News

Given recent tensions in the Middle East, Việt Nam’s representative agencies in the region and domestic relevant parties are ready to take citizen protection measures when necessary, said Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lê Thị Thu Hằng.

Việt Nam looks forward to continued support and contributions among participants from ASEAN countries members during its chairmanship of the ASEAN Community, and for the common interests and the success of ASEAN 2020.

Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN, has called on the world to intensify efforts in the fight against terrorism in West Africa and the Sahel region.

Việt Nam always attaches importance to friendship and cooperation with Japan, considering it the country’s long-term partner of top importance, a leading Party official said on Wednesday.

Nguyễn Văn Bình, head of the Economic Commission of the Party Central Committee, said that Việt Nam always supported and facilitated investments by US firms and the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) at a reception for Adam Boehler, first CEO of the DFC, in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

Serious violations made by former leaders of the HCM City Party Committee should result in disciplinary action.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc welcomed Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly (NA) Pany Yathotou during a reception in Hà Nội on Wednesday, saying Việt Nam always strives to support Lao people, including building the Lao NA House on schedule.

Việt Nam’s assumption of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)’s non-permanent membership for the 2020-21 tenure and the UNSC’s presidency in January 2020 is a valuable opportunity for the country to contribute constructively and responsibly to the international community’s common affairs.

Former minister of information and communications Nguyễn Bắc Son has filed an appeal against his life sentence in the first instance trial of Mobifone’s wrongful purchase of 95 per cent of shares in the Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG).

The Hà Nội People’s Procuracy on Tuesday proposed jail sentences ranging from 18 to 27 years for two former chairmen of Đà Nẵng City People’s Committee for violations in land management and causing losses and waste of State resources.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh and his Japanese counterpart Motegi Toshimitsu expressed their delight at the development of the Việt Nam-Japan extensive strategic partnership during talks in Hà Nội on Monday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Monday sent his sympathies to his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen over the recent collapse of a building in Kep province, which claimed dozens of lives.

The Commission for Internal Affairs of the Party Central Committee has been urged to step up investigations into and the settlement of serious corruption cases and economic crimes.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc chaired a ceremony in Hà Nội on Monday to launch Việt Nam’s 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Monday for Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimitsu, who is on an official visit to Việt Nam.

The court sector tried 279 corruption cases in 2019, including serious cases such as MobiFone’s purchase of Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG) and Phan Văn Anh Vũ’s abuse of power, heard a conference in Hà Nội on Monday.

In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency in New York, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General in charge of peace activities, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, applauded Việt Nam’s contributions in efforts to preserve security and peace. 

The 42nd meeting of the Việt Nam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee was a success, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith said.