Việt Nam News

The first meeting of the National Steering Committee and the Organising Committee for the 41st General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 41) took place on Tuesday under the chair of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân.

The first batch of staff for Việt Nam’s Level-2 field Hospital No 2 on Tuesday left for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan by military aircraft C-17 Globemaster III provided by Australia

Việt Nam is ready for ASEAN Chairmanship 2020 with about 300 meetings and activities to be organised in the country next year

The National Assembly on Monday adopted the Resolution on the master plan of socio-economic development in ethnic minority and disadvantaged regions in the country with near 90 per cent approval.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc speaks at a conference in Hà Nội on Monday to review the five-year implementation of a plan to develop and improve the operational efficiency of agricultural and forestry companies. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất

The event drew defence officials of the 10 ASEAN countries and the dialogue partners of Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Russia and the US.

The PM said unity has always been a valuable tradition, a source of strength, an important motivation and a decisive factor for all victories in the cause of national construction and defence of Vietnamese people.

Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng urged relevant agencies to complete dealing with serious corruption cases on schedule, while addressing a meeting of the standing board of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption in Hà Nội on Monday.

The Party and State always pays attention to and creates favourable conditions for religious and spiritual needs, helping encourage people to stay united in the great national unity bloc, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has declared.

The event attracted nearly 1,000 Vietnamese intellectuals who are studying and working in Japan.  

Vietnamese defence minister Ngô Xuân Lịch has called on ASEAN members to consolidate the bloc’s unity, foster ASEAN centrality principle in the face of “strategic competition” in the region between world’s major powers.

The UNCLOS was adopted on December 10, 1982 and took effect on November 16, 1994. Việt Nam was one of the first 107 countries to sign and ratify the convention.

Huế has been recognised as Việt Nam’s city of festivals, and ASEAN’s cultural and tourism city.

ĐÀ NẴNG Chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin and his entourage paid a working trip to the central coastal city of Đà Nẵng on Friday as part of their official visit to Việt Nam.

Transport ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered in Hà Nội on Thursday to discuss measures to create a comprehensive transportation network in the region and beyond, with a focus on aviation connectivity.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Thursday for Nurlan Nigmatulin, Chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan – one of the five members of the Eurasian Economic Union that shares a free trade agreement with Việt Nam.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân held talks with Chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin on November 14, following a welcome ceremony held for the guest the same day.

Lawmakers today asked for more careful consideration of the draft amended law on exit and entry of foreigners, which would exempt visa for those who stay a duration of less than 30 days in a coastal economic zone.