Việt Nam News

Prime Minister of Russia D. A. Medvedev will pay an official visit to Việt Nam on November 18 and 19.The Foreign Ministry said the visit will be made at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. 

 The Asia-Pacific, and in particular the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC), has remained a focus of Việt Nam’s foreign policy, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh said at the 30th Ministerial Meeting in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Thursday.

Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh has expressed her wish that Việt Nam and Belarus would step up relations, of which defence co-operation should be made a priority.

The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee held its 31st session from November 12-14 with a focus on serious violations of regulations committed by several officials.

Textbook reform aiming to switch from one single textbook set to different sets of textbooks for each subject caused heated debate at the National Assembly (NA) meeting yesterday.

Việt Nam’s first national report on the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture was delivered to the UN Committee Against Torture in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday by Deputy Minister of Public Security Sen. Lt. Gen. Lê Quý Vương.

President of India Ram Nath Kovind and his spouse will pay a state-level visit to Việt Nam from November 18 to 20.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has underlined ASEAN’s commitment to promoting and elevating its strategic partnership and comprehensive co-operation with Japan for peace, stability and prosperity in the region.

Measures to promote co-operation between Việt Nam and China topped the agenda at an international conference in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

HCM City authorities on November 14 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Bank on a comprehensive partnership for strategic engagements in the 2018-2021 period. 

The 12th National Assembly on Wednesday approved a resolution for the State budget allocation for 2019, with total budget collection to exceed VNĐ1.411 quadrillion (US$61.34 billion) and total spending to hit more than VNĐ1.019 quadrillion.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said he supports ASEAN-China efforts to develop their connectivity in terms of mutual trust, physical connections and human connections.

On Tuesday Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Shokhonn said his country will work to help the Vietnamese-Cambodian community in Tonle Sap Lake resettle.

National Assembly deputies yesterday reviewed reports presented by the Supreme’s People Court, the Supreme People’s Procuracy and the Ministry of Public Security on crime-fighting activities, judicial processes and anti-corruption efforts in 2018.

Fighting corruption remains a major objective for the Government in the years to come, said the Government’s Chief Inspector Lê Minh Khái in a speech to the National Assembly (NA).

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, together with other leaders from ASEAN member countries, yesterday attended the plenary session of the ongoing 33rd ASEAN Summit in Singapore.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc will attend the 26th Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Papua New Guinea at the invitation of the host country’s Prime Minister Peter O’Nei.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc left Hà Nội yesterday for the 33^rd ASEAN Summit and high-level meetings in Singapore from Tuesday to Thursday at the invitation of the host country’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.