Việt Nam News

Deputy Secretary of HCM City Party Committee Phan Văn Mãi on Tuesday was named the new chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, replacing Nguyễn Thành Phong, who has been assigned to be the deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission in Hà Nội. 

Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Việt Nam's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, called on all relevant parties in Yemen to accept the UN-led peace proposal while addressing a UN Security Council meeting on August 23.

Vietnamese President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc held telephone talk with First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel late Monday to seek measures to further promote special traditional ties between the two Parties, States and people.

The Politburo has recently issued Conclusion No 120-KL/TW on overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs in the new situation.

Despite the effects of the ongoing pandemic and complex, unpredictable shifts in the regional and international geo-political landscape, the ASEAN community has maintained solidarity and upheld its reserve, said Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vương Đình Huệ on Monday.

 Vice President of the US Kamala Harris is going to pay a visit to Việt Nam from August 24 to 26 at the invitation of her Vietnamese counterpart Võ Thị Ánh Xuân.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence on Monday received 200,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines and 201,600 single-use syringes donated by their Chinese counterpart.

The 42nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-42), held by Brunei, started this morning via videoconference with the participation of leaders and legislators of AIPA member parliaments, observer delegations, and the AIPA Secretary-General.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vương Đình Huệ will lead a Vietnamese NA delegation at the 42nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-42), which is scheduled to open in Brunei via videoconference format on Monday.

On Saturday, Chairman of Hà Nội People's Committee Chu Ngọc Anh issued Dispatch No.19/CĐ/UBND officialising the extension of lockdown measures city-wide until September 6 as COVID-19 situation remains complicated.

HCM City on Saturday issued rules for the heightened period of COVID-19 prevention and control starting Monday, as the authorities insisted the next two weeks are not a hard lockdown or an “state of emergency”.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked Pfizer to accelerate vaccine delivery to Việt Nam, especially in August and September, as he held talks with the company's CEO Albert Bourla late Friday night.

Hà Nội’s authorities decided on Friday to extend social distancing order until 6:00am of September 6, 2021, amid new COVID-19 infections in the community and complicated developments in many other localities.

 Deputy head of Việt Nam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Ambassador Pham Hải Anh urged international cooperation and solidarity in order to seek the most effective response to combat terrorism in the face of a serious threat posed by the so-called Islamic State’s activities in recent times.

The seventh dialogue evaluating arising sea-related issues from the perspective of international law was held virtually on Thursday, drawing more than 250 domestic and foreign experts, as well as delegates from foreign representative agencies in Hà Nội and the media.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chaired a national conference on planning on Thursday to accelerate and improve quality of regional and sectoral planning work.

The CEO of AstraZeneca, Pascal Soriot, has pledged to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to Việt Nam on time and increase vaccine supplies to the country this month.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday clarified Việt Nam’s policies on entry for fully vaccinated arrivals and ensuring equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for foreigners in the country.