Việt Nam News

Operating vehicles under the influence of alcohol will be officially banned from Wednesday as part of the Law on Prevention and Control of Alcoholic Beverages’ Harmful Effects.

The delegates included Hu Zhengyue, deputy head of the China Public Diplomacy Association, and vice chairman of the Soong Chingling Foundation Hu Zhengyue.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hailed comprehensive progress in the information and communications sector this year during its conference in Hà Nội on Saturday.

Former minister of information and communications Nguyễn Bắc Son was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday in connection with the notorious AVG deal, a lighter punishment than the death penalty proposed for him previously.

Việt Nam and China held their 12th round of negotiations regarding the seas beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and their 9th round of talks for consultation on co-operation for mutual development at sea in Beijing on Wednesday and Thursday.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng presided over a meeting of the Politburo in Hà Nội on Thursday to discuss the working agenda of the Politburo and Secretariat in 2020, as well as personnel work.

Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith has said that the party, state, government and people of Laos will do their best to help Việt Nam fulfill its role of ASEAN Chair 2020 and non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2020-21.

The HCM City People’s Court on December 26 opened the first-instance trial of the case of Nguyễn Hữu Tín, former vice chairman of the city People’s Committee, for his alleged wrongdoings in the management and use of State assets.

The Homeland Spring, the annual gathering of Vietnamese living across the world to celebrate the traditional lunar new year festival in Việt Nam, is set to take place on January 18 next year.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh and Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith co-chaired the sixth ministerial consultation in the northern province of Quảng Ninh on Wednesday.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình has asked the Government Office to be more proactive next year in following and grasping the real-life situation as well as hot and sensitive issues which attract public attention in order to advise and have recommendations to the Government for prompt reactions in social and economic direction and administration.

Secretary General of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan Toshihiro Nikai said on Tuesday that he will lead the largest-ever delegation to Việt Nam for a friendly visit from January 11-14.

Việt Nam is willing to send experts to support Laos, especially in macro-economic policy consultancy, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said at a reception for Laos’ Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and Investment Sonsay Siphandone in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc asked the public security sector to dedicate resources and efforts to ensure absolute safety and security during the many high-level events that will take place next year.

Economic diplomacy between Việt Nam and Laos was the topic of a workshop co-organised by the foreign ministries of the two countries in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Tuesday for Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, who is on an official visit to Việt Nam to attend the sixth Việt Nam-Laos Foreign Ministerial Political Consultation.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev pledged to further deepen bilateral ties as they held a telephone call late Tuesday.

Despite confronting a lot of challenges, Thailand has mobilised all resources to ensure the success of its ASEAN chairmanship, said Sihasak Puangketkaew, former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand.