Việt Nam News

Vietnamese Ambassador Lê Huy Hoàng said no Vietnamese citizens have been harmed by terrorist attacks and extreme violence in northern Mozambique.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a regular discussion on the humanitarian situation in Syria on Monday (US time) via teleconference under the chair of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Legislators lauded the outgoing Government's impressive work in its tenure, especially in the face of unprecedented headwinds in 2020, but said there remain various areas that need to be improved.

Hà Nộ’s police have taken a man into custody as they investigate allegations of “making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents, and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam” under Article 117 of the 2015 Penal Code.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc suggested Hà Nội should pay more attention to developing satellite cities and expand the capital to both the north and the west, while continuing to build a green and clean city. 

Promoting the role of regional organisations in settling disputes is one of the three priorities that Việt Nam has set for the month it serves as chairman of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in April, said Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of International Organisations Đỗ Hùng Việt.

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat opened an online national conference to popularise the Resolution adopted at the 13th National Party Congress on Saturday.

The 14th tenure between 2016 and 2020 of the National Assembly (NA) was a successful term, especially the Q&A sessions and supervision activities, the final sitting of the 14th NA heard yesterday.

Việt Nam will serve as the President of the United Nations (UN) Security Council in April, the second time the country will assume the post during its 2020-21 tenure as a non-permanent member, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a videoconference on Thursday to look into the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue.

Ambassador Nguyễn Hải Bằng, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to ASEAN, chaired the meeting in the capacity of chair of the Task Force in 2021. 

The nomination of candidates for the upcoming elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 tenure has been completed, Chief of the National Election Council (NEC)’s Office Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc told the 14th NA’s 11th session in Hà Nội on Thursday.

The presence of Chinese ships in Whitsun Reef in Trường Sa (Spratly) islands constitutes a serious violation of Việt Nam’s sovereignty.

Việt Nam and Chile - the first Southern American nation to set up diplomatic ties with Việt Nam - have nurtured their sound relations and traditional friendship as well as comprehensive development partnership over the past five decades, a Chilean diplomat has said.

Việt Nam stands ready to discuss with other fellow ASEAN members on appropriate measures to address the situation in Myanmar, Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said.

Ambassador Phạm Hải Anh, deputy head of the Vietnamese delegation to the UN, has reaffirmed Việt Nam’s support for a Libyan-led and Libyan-owned comprehensive political solution on the basis of respecting independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Libya.

The 46th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), held at the UN office in Geneva, concluded on Wednesday.

A new team of medical staff is heading to Africa for the UN’s peacekeeping mission to establish a hospital in South Sudan.