Ambassador Trần Đức Bình, head of Việt Nam’s permanent mission to ASEAN, highlighted the country’s outstanding achievements during its 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship in a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency.
Việt Nam looks forward to the continued support from the OECD, thereby gaining exposure to sound practices to expedite restructuring, enhance our economy’s competitiveness and growth quality, promote international integration, and effectively fulfil the Sustainable Development Goals.
The People’s Court of HCM City on Monday opened the first-instance trial looking into bidding and accounting fraud in the HCM City-Trung Lương Expressway project, a major toll road in southern Việt Nam.
Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Dato Lim Jock Hoi has commended Việt Nam’s exemplary role as the Chair of ASEAN in a year full of challenges.
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has taken legal action against 14 people for alleged involvement in legal violations in Phase 2 of the production expansion project at the Thái Nguyên Iron and Steel Joint Stock Corporation (TISCO).
The participants will introduce candidates to the highest political positions of the country – including the Politburo and the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat for the 13th tenure – and finalise draft election regulations and working rules of the 13th National Party Congress, along with a number of other important matters.
With the success of the ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020, Việt Nam is not only an active ASEAN member but also a strong, trustworthy and special mainstay, especially at a challenging time like when ASEAN faces the COVID-19 crisis, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc had talks yesterday in Ha Noi with UK trade secretary Elizabeth Truss, who was visiting to sign the conclusion of negotiations on the Việt Nam-UK Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA).
The Hà Nội People’s Court on Friday sentenced Nguyễn Đức Chung, 53, former Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, to five years in prison on charges of “appropriating confidential State documents”.
A jail term from 10 to 11 years has been proposed for Nguyễn Nhật Cảm, former director of the Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control (CDC), for “violations on bidding regulations that caused serious consequences” related to the purchase of COVID-19 diagnostic machines at a higher price than their actual worth.
At the reception for Ambassador Giorgio Aliberti, Head of the EU Delegation to Việt Nam, on the occasion of the 30th founding anniversary of Việt Nam-EU ties, the PM highlighted the growing bilateral trade amid global difficulties, saying their mutual understanding has led to effective co-operation.
Việt Nam highlighted the leading responsibility of nations in ensuring compliance with international humanitarian law, preventing and punishing serious crimes such as war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression, a Vietnamese diplomat has said.
The 11th session of the National Assembly will take place from March 24 to April 2 next year with a provision to be held online in case of a worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic.
