Party, State leader extends greetings on Year of Pig

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng extended Tết (Lunar New Year) greetings to leaders of the Party, State, Việt Nam Fatherland Committee as well as all Vietnamese people in and outside the country at a meeting in Hà Nội yesterday.

State funeral held for former Politburo member Nguyễn Đức Bình

A State funeral will be held for Nguyễn Đức Bình, former member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee, former Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council and former Director of the Hồ Chí Minh National Academy of Politics, who passed away on Thursday.

Former top cop sentenced to 15 years in jail

The People’s Court of Hà Nội on Wednesday sentenced Phan Văn Anh Vũ, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bắc Nam 79 Construction Company and former Chairman of the Nova Bắc Nam 79 Company, to 15 years in jail for “abusing position and power while performing duties”.

Top legislator receives Korean prosecutor general

Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân hosted a reception for Prosecutor General Moon Moo-il of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Hà Nội yesterday.

Việt Nam strongly condemns bomb attacks in Philippines

Việt Nam strongly condemns the terror attacks on a Catholic cathedral in the Jolo island city in the southern Philippine province of Sulu on January 27, spokesperson of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Lê Thị Thu Hằng has stated.

PM advises Hưng Yên to develop industrial, urban zones

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc asked the northern province of Hưng Yên to continue creating a better investment environment and developing industrial, service and urban zones during his Tết (Lunar New Year) visit to the province on Saturday.

VN, Thailand head toward $20 billion in trade

Việt Nam and Thailand have agreed to implement measures to boost economic co-operation with the aim of reaching US$20 billion in two-way trade turnover by 2020 at the meeting of their Joint Committee on Bilateral Cooperation in Thailand which wrapped up yesterday.

Prime Minister meets with foreign leaders in Davos

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc had bilateral meetings with many foreign leaders and business executives on January 24 (local time) on the sidelines of the annual conference of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2019 in Davos.

VN signs visa waiver agreement with Lithuania

On Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh and Minister of the Interior of Lithuania Eimutis Misiunas signed a visa waiver agreement for diplomatic and official passport holders between the two countries.

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