Việt Nam News

Leaders of Laos, China, Cambodia and Cuba have extended their congratulations to Võ Văn Thưởng on his election as President of Việt Nam.

Việt Nam pursues a consistent policy of respecting and ensuring people's freedom to belief and religion as well as the equality among religions, while promoting cultural and moral values and resources of religions for the country’s development, stated Deputy Prime Minister Lê Minh Khái.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính asked France to facilitate access to French market by Vietnamese goods, especially agricultural and fishery ones, at his reception for French Minister for Foreign Trade, Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad Olivier Becht on Wednesday.

The AZEC Ministerial Meeting is scheduled for March 2-3, and it serves as a platform for countries to discuss strategies and initiatives to address climate change.

The cooperation between the Vietnamese and Spanish parliaments will continue enjoying positive strides both in bilateral aspects and at multilateral forums.

A total of 487 deputies out of the 488 present at the NA Building in Hà Nội voted to pass the parliament's resolution on electing Thưởng to the post.

The Hà Nội meeting was co-chaired by Col. Nguyễn Như Cảnh, Deputy Director of the department and head of the Vietnamese experts’ working group on peacekeeping operations, and Matsuzawa Tomoko, Director for defence cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region at the Japanese Defence Ministry and head of the Japanese experts’ working group.

The new State President of Việt Nam will take the oath at an extraordinary meeting of the 15th National Assembly at around 10am to 11 am tomorrow.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Lê Hoài Trung held online talks with his Cuban counterpart Emilio Lozada Garcia late February 28

The new Presidential candidate endorsed by the Party Central Committee will need to be confirmed by the National Assembly.

Noting the importance of mechanisms to realise ideas and commitments made under the JETP, Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà said Việt Nam is very much in need of the UK’s assistance in technology transfer, technical consultation, financial mechanisms, and investor selection for specific projects in renewable energy (particularly offshore wind energy), forest plantation, carbon capture, green hydrogen production and research of new technology.

Samsung's export turnover reached about US$65 billion in 2022, and its accumulative investment in Việt Nam has amounted to $20 billion

Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang met leaders of international organisations and foreign officials on the sidelines of the 52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 27-28.

Chairman Vương Đình Huệ praised the Lao delegation’s interest in exchanging experiences regarding the organisation and operation of the People’s Council.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly of Việt Nam Nguyễn Khắc Định and Lao counterpart Khambay Damlath held talks on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà told Special Advisor of the Japan-Việt Nam Friendship Alliance Takebe Tsutomu that Việt Nam is willing to cooperate with Japan in realising global commitments and goals, turning the bilateral relations into a model in partnership between a developing country and a developed one.

Deputy PM Trần Lưu Quang stressed that Việt Nam always backs multilateralism and the UN’s central role in global administrating and coordinating efforts in order to address common challenges.

The Vietnamese side wished that the US would prioritise direct funding for Vietnamese partners and reputable international organisations in Việt Nam, expand support to other areas contaminated with UXO beyond the central provinces, and strive to achieve the goal of clearing about 350,000ha of contaminated land from 2023 to 2028.