Việt Nam News

The first session of the newly elected 15th-tenure National Assembly (NA) opened  Tuesday morning in Hà Nội with strict anti-pandemic measures.

There are no immediate plans to merge provinces and cities, said the Ministry of Internal Affairs during a press conference yesterday in Hà Nội.

The 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report, released by the US Department of State, that continues to list Việt Nam on its watch list, is biased and does not reflect the reality of the situation in Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The People’s Committee of HCM City – Việt Nam’s largest COVID-19 hotspot – held a ceremony at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport on Monday to receive a shipment of face masks and oxygen generators donated by the Southeast Asian nation.

President Hồ Chí Minh’s thoughts on the state and law, including that on legislative activities, which were continuously supplemented and developed by the late leader, have served as a foundation, a theoretical basis and a guideline for the building and improvement of the legal system in Việt Nam since the country gained independence.

Hà Nội’s authorities on Sunday announced more stringent social distancing measures that will take effect starting Monday in bid to curb spike in community cases.

The Government has issued Resolution No. 76/NQ-CP approving the Master Programme on State Administration Reform for the 2021-30 period.

The meeting, which was originally scheduled to wrap up on August 5, will be shortened in wake of the serious COVID-19 outbreaks in several localities of the country

A further 3 million more doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will be donated to Việt Nam by the US.

The following is the full text of Remarks by H.E. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam at the APEC Informal Leaders Retreat on July 16, 2021.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has told Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders that vaccine access is crucial to economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The foreign spokesperson also calls on the US to end its "hostile policy and unilateral economic and financial embargo against Cuba."

The warning came as South Africa has been coping with rioting and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces and some other localities, following protests over the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has proposed Indonesia continue to create conditions for Vietnamese citizens in Indonesia to receive COVID-19 examination and treatment in case of necessity.

Việt Nam will continue to create favourable conditions for businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to expand investment in Việt Nam, Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng said while holding a phone talk with RoK President Moon Jae-in on Thursday.

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ chaired a nationwide teleconference in Hà Nội on Thursday reviewing the elections of deputies to the 15th legislature and People’s Councils for the 2021-26 tenure held in late May.

The initiative, initiated and compiled together with Bangladesh and the Philippines, focuses on vulnerable groups, especially the disabled and the elderly.

Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vương Đình Huệ held online talks with Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore Tan Chuan-Jin on Wednesday.