Việt Nam News

Phúc highlighted the sound relationship between the OFID and Việt Nam over the last four decades with 20 projects and programmes in transport, irrigation, poverty reduction, healthcare, education and urban development.

Party leader Trọng expressed his hope that young Party members will carry forward the traditions of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union.

The minister made the statement in response to a request for comment from a Vietnam News Agency correspondent on escalating tensions in the East Sea due to unilateral activities by China.

The Government leader informed his guest that Việt Nam was considering the most pragmatic theme for ASEAN Year 2020.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân met with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha in Bangkok on Tuesday as part of her official visit to Thailand.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamad agreed to further deepen the Việt Nam-Malaysia strategic partnership during their talks in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

She spoke highly of the development of bilateral relations over the past 43 years, especially since the establishment of the strategic partnership in 2013 on the occasion of the visit to Thailand by Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân has suggested the Vietnamese and Thai legislatures should enhance cooperation to match the strategic partnership of the two countries. 

The US Department of Defense on Monday expressed its deep concern over China’s “coercive interference” in Việt Nam’s longstanding oil and gas activities in the East Sea, as well as its continued efforts to violate the rules-based international order throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Minh hailed the visit which comes at a time when the two countries are celebrating the 10th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) actively supports the regional efforts in realising and associating the ASEAN Vision 2025 with the UN Agenda 2030 on sustainable development, said NA chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân.

The Singaporean leader said during his visit to HCM City in 2017, he saw the city has dynamic and creative development.

Once it takes over as Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) chair in 2020, Việt Nam hopes to connect leaders, businesses and partners of member countries for the common good.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Monday for President of the People’s Supreme Court of Cuba Rubén Remigio Ferro, who is on a working visit to Việt Nam.

The sub-committee on socio-economic affairs tasked with preparing for the 13th National Party Congress held a meeting in Hà Nội on Monday to gather former Party, State and Việt Nam Fatherland Front leaders’ opinions on documents to be submitted to the congress.

Lê Khả Phiêu, former Party General Secretary and Secretary of the Central Military Commission for the 1997-2001 term, received a 70-year Party membership badge from his successor, General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, in Hà Nội on Sunday.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân arrived in Bangkok on Sunday afternoon at the start of her trip to Thailand to attend the 40th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 40) and to pay an official visit to the host country from August 25-30.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said it is imperative that Bắc Kạn Province promote poverty reduction, especially in remote and ethnic monitory areas, and devote more attention to accelerating agricultural restructuring and the development of infrastructure.