Việt Nam News

During a meeting with Russian Deputy Minister of Defence Krivoruchko Aleksei Iurievich on Saturday, General Phan Văn Giang, Vietnamese Minister of National Defence thanked Russia for having donated Sputnik V vaccines to Việt Nam.

A Vietnamese party delegation attended the 36th meeting of the Standing Committee of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), held online on September 3, which brought together representatives from 24 political parties in Asia.

Việt Nam takes measures in accordance with international law to exercise and protect its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

Politburo member and Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vương Đình Huệ will attend the fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (WCSP5) in Austria, and pay working visits to the European Parliament and Belgium, and an official visit to Finland from September 5-11.

The 27th Congress of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) was held in Abidjan city of Ivory Coast from August 9-27 in both in-person and online formats, during which Việt Nam was elected as a member of the UPU Postal Operations Council (POC).

No Vietnamese citizen has been affected in the terrorist attack at Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul capital city of Afghanistan on August 26, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Spokeswoman Lê Thị Thu Hằng said on August 31.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Wednesday morning chaired the virtual celebration of the 76th National Day Celebration of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2021).

Việt Nam called on parties involved to exercise maximum restraint; protect civilians, especially women and children; and focus on dialogues and negotiations, during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday regarding the situation in the Middle East, including Palestine.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed a decision to grant amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners.

A task force, led by Deputy Prime Minister Lê Minh Khái, has been established to help businesses and people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính yesterday chaired a meeting to receive comments on the report on innovating land laws, regulations and policies, making foundations for Việt Nam to basically become an industrialised developing country by 2020. 

General Nguyễn Trọng Nghĩa, head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Information and Education, yesterday had a phone call with Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee.

State President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Saturday offered incense and flowers in tribute to late President Hồ Chí Minh on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and the country's National Day (September 2), and the 52nd year of the implementation of President Hồ Chí Minh's Testament.

The diplomatic sector has made great contributions to national defence, construction and development over more than seven decades, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn wrote in an article to mark the ministry's 76th founding anniversary (August 28, 1945-2021).

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính yesterday inspected COVID-19 prevention and control in Thạnh Phú Commune in Vĩnh Cửu District of southern Đồng Nai Province, and worked with provincial leaders on the fight against the pandemic.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vương Đình Huệ appreciated the completion of the national population database project and the system for making, granting, and managing citizen identity cards on schedule last July as he paid a working visit to the national population data centre on August 27.

In the press briefing held on Thursday in Việt Nam’s capital city, Kamala Harris said she is honoured to be the first vice president to visit Việt Nam since diplomatic relations were established in 1995, and expressed the belief that “this signals the beginning of the next chapter in the relationship between the United States and Việt Nam.”