Việt Nam News

A man in Hà Nội was sentenced to five years in prison at a trial on December 31 on the charge of  “making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents, and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam” under Article 117 of the 2015 Penal Code.

The following is the entire speech by Nguyễn Phú Trọng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam, as he addressed the first-ever National Foreign Relations Conference for the Implementation of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress held in Hà Nội on December 14, 2021.

The first extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly, which is to open on January 4 and close on January 11, aims to decide on timely fiscal and monetary policies for the implementation of the socio-economic recovery and development programme and remove legal obstacles for development, heard a press conference in Hà Nội on Thursday.

UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix highly values Việt Nam’s cooperation with UN in peacekeeping activities since the country joined the operations in 2014

Việt Nam's engagement in UN peacekeeping operations over the past seven years has achieved many positive results, and at the same time opened up many new directions of deployment. Deputy Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations Mạc Đức Trọng spoke to Vietnam News Agency about these achievements.

Joining hands with the international community today is a new Việt Nam that is confident and willing to shoulder international responsibilities for peace and sustainable development, President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said in a message on the occasion of the country’s successful completion of its tenure as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2020-2021.

Việt Nam and Laos held an online meeting to review the pilot implementation of the one-stop-shop inspection model at the Lao Bảo (Quảng Trị) – Dansavan (Savannakhet) border gate pair on Wednesday.

The 31st annual meeting between the border delegations of Việt Nam and Laos took place in Hà Nội on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Minh Vũ and his Lao counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith.

Việt Nam has excellently completed its role as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2020-21 tenure, achieving all set goals for the tenure amidst complicated and unpredictable socio-economic, political, and security developments as well as unprecedented challenges.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn and Lao counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith on Tuesday co-chaired the 8th Việt Nam-Laos political consultation in Hà Nội, as the latter arrived in Việt Nam for a two-day visit.

The Việt Nam Association of Agent Orange Victims (VAVA) was honoured with the Labour Order, third class, at a ceremony in Hà Nội on Tuesday

Two-way trade in the January-November period reached US$105 million, up 2 per cent year-on-year, he said, adding that Việt Nam has strived to maintain its rice exports to Cuba, helping the Caribbean nation ensure food security and social stability.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính lauded the sacrifices and the utmost efforts from the public security officers on the frontline of the pandemic.

The Government has granted Ministry of Transport more autonomy in deciding the resumption of international commercial air routes to destinations with high COVID-19 safety level.

The association of Việt Nam-Japan families has freshly debuted in Japan’s Kyushu-Okinawa region, grouping families whose wives or husbands are Japanese.

Politburo member and Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Trần Thanh Mẫn has asked the NA Council for Ethnic Affairs to evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 on ethnic minority communities and report to the NA.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and other high-ranking officials attended a ceremony to mark the 110th birthday of late General Võ Nguyên Giáp on Wednesday in Đồng Hới City, central Quảng Bình Province.