Việt Nam News

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc congratulated Antonio Guterres on his reappointment by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly as UN Secretary-General in the 2022-26 tenure, and proposed a number of measures to further foster the Việt Nam-UN partnership during their phone talks on Saturday.

The Politburo and the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee in Hà Nội on June 18 decided disciplinary measures against the Standing Board of the Bình Dương provincial Party Committee in the 2015-2020 tenure, the Party delegation to the provincial People’s Committee in the 2016-2021 tenure and several former leaders of the province.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Quốc Dũng suggested ASEAN soon finalise a travel corridor framework for the safe resumption of essential business travel.

With 66.63 points, the Ministry of Finance tops the 2020 Ministry Open Budget Index (MOBI), followed by the Ministry of Justice with 48.41 points.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, State President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính have been appointed to the Standing Board of the Central Military Commission in the 2020-25 period on Thursday.

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Li Zhanshu discussed boosting relations between the two countries in politics and the economy as well as maintaining peace in the East Sea during phone talks on Thursday.

Ambassador Phạm Hải Anh, Deputy Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the United Nations, told a UN Security Council meeting that the nations of the world must unite to fight terrorism.

Việt Nam, at the request of the United Nations, has received and successfully treated a UN staff member who contracted COVID-19 while working in a regional country and was in critical condition.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Wednesday held separate meetings in Hà Nội with ambassadors of New Zealand, Argentina, Pakistan and Romania who came to present their credentials.

Defence ministers of ASEAN countries and their partners on Wednesday adopted Bandar Seri Begawan Declaration towards a future-ready, peaceful and prosperous ASEAN.

The 57th meeting of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee wrapped up on Tuesday after one and a half days of sitting.

PM Chính expressed his sincere thanks to the Prime Minister, Government and people of Japan for the donation of 1 million doses of COVID-10 vaccine, as well as valuable donations from foreign associations and businesses in Việt Nam, including those from Japan, to support the country in the fight against the pandemic.

Participants at the 15th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) held online on Tuesday adopted a joint declaration, demonstrating the commitment of ASEAN member countries to continue to strengthen cooperation in response to the pandemic in the future.

Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN, has expressed concern over the deteriorating security situation in Mali, holding that the coup has caused risks to the transitional process, leading to instability and difficulties in the implementation of the 2015 peace agreement.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn on Monday held phone talks with his Canadian counterpart Marc Garneau, during which he said Việt Nam highly values Canada’s efforts in enhancing its relations with ASEAN and Việt Nam.

France is to provide support to Viet Nam in its efforts to secure much needed COVID-19 vaccines, French Prime Minister Jean Castex told his Vietnamese counterpart Phạm Minh Chính in a phone call yesterday.

Việt Nam and Sri Lanka have agreed to continue building stronger bilateral ties as both countries recover from the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.