Việt Nam News

The National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday morning decided to approve the establishment and adjustment of the administrative boundary of Hà Nội City and three provinces of Thanh Hóa, Đồng Nai and Tuyên Quang at the 55th session.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh on Tuesday sent a video message to the 77th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) at the invitation of Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, UN Under-Secretary General and UNESCAP Executive Secretary.

Japan has promoted its Consulate Office in Đà Nẵng City to General Consulate just a year after it was founded to boost ties between Japan and the central city.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a teleconference on Monday (US time) to discuss the situation in Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan, and activities of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has called on China and Viet Nam to promote their traditional friendship, and advance the relationship between the two militaries of the two countries.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc met with visiting Chinese State Councillor and Minister of National Defence, Sen. Lt. Gen. Wei Fenghe, in Hà Nội yesterday.

Southeast Asia’s first laboratory to research into urban development opened in HCM City last week.

The peacekeeping force of Việt Nam has made considerable contributions in the past, which have won the recognition and high evaluation from the United Nations and international friends, helping to promote the country’s stature and prestige in the region and the world.

Prime Minister of Việt Nam Phạm Minh Chính held separate in-person meetings with his Cambodian, Singaporean and Malaysian counterparts on Saturday, on the occasion of the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in Jakarta.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and a high-ranking delegation of Việt Nam arrived in Hà Nội at midnight Saturday, early morning of Sunday, successfully concluding their trip to attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The two ministers later cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Việt Nam-China friendship cultural house in Đồng Văn Commune, Bình Liêu District, Quảng Ninh Province, which was built by the two defence ministries.

ASEAN leaders have all expressed concerns over escalating situation in Myanmar and the worsening impacts on the Myanmar people and lives, asked that all parties exercise restraints and refrain from violence, to enable seeking of solutions for the future of Myanmar.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính had talks with ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi on the sidelines of the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting at the office of the grouping’s secretariat in Jakarta on Saturday. 

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính met with Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah on Saturday as part of the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting held in Indonesia.

Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn received in Jakarta on Saturday Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General on Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener in Indonesia on the sidelines of the ASEAN leaders’ summit.

The sixth Việt Nam-China border defence friendship exchange took place in Dongxing city, Guangxi Province of China, and Bình Liêu, the northern province of Quảng Ninh, on Saturday.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính participates in the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting, which officially opened on Saturday afternoon at the office of the regional grouping’s secretariat in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta.

Việt Nam and China held their seventh defence strategy dialogue at the deputy ministerial level in Dongxing city in the Chinese province of Guangxi on April 23.