Việt Nam News

Việt Nam asks China, as a large nation in the region and the world, to perform its responsibilities in maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea, said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng yesterday. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has emphasised the need to implement an agricultural development project to adapt to natural disasters in six northwestern provinces.

Personnel and personnel work hold a decisive role for the success of the revolution, said General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV)  Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng at the Party Central Committee’s seventh plenary session which kicked off  yesterday.

The Supreme People’s Court yesterday began the appeal trial of the case on “asset embezzlement” and “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences” at PetroVietnam Construction JSC (PVC), a subsidiary of the national oil and gas giant PetroVietnam (PVN).

The 12th-tenure Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee convened its seventh plenary session in Hà Nội on Monday, under the chair of General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc agreed in principle to a plan to build the south central province of Bình Định into a scientific and educational urban area when visiting the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) yesterday.

The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee has decided to dismiss Phan Thị Mỹ Thanh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Đồng Nai Party Committee, from all of her Party positions.

Food hygiene and safety and counterfeit products were top concerns of voters in Mỹ Khánh Commune, Phong Điền District in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cần Thơ during their meeting with National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân yesterday.

Việt Nam treasures its strategic partnership with Japan and considers Japan an important and long-term partner, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

The High-level People’s Court in Hà Nội yesterday upheld the charges and sentences for three former leaders of the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OceanBank) ruled at the first-instance trial for their wrongdoings at the bank.

The US State Department’s 2017 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices made some assessments that are not objective and do not correctly reflect the actual situation in Việt Nam, despite the report’s recognition of Việt Nam’s achievements in protecting human rights.

The scientific and revolutionary values of Karl Marx’s ideological heritage, and the significance of Marxism to the world and the Vietnamese revolution, were reiterated at an international scientific workshop held in Hà Nội yesterday, on the occasion of Marx’s 200th birth anniversary (May 5, 1818).

Members of the National Assembly’s Ethnic Committee gathered on Thursday to discuss progress and problems in developing the country’s regions, which are home to its numerous ethnic groups.

The Vietnamese Government always creates favourable conditions for US enterprises, including JP. Morgan, to do business successfully in the country, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân met with voters in Tân Phú ward, Cái Răng district, in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ yesterday ahead of the fifth meeting of the 14th legislature slated for mid-May. 

The Public Administrative Reform (PAR) Index released yesterday showed Quảng Ninh the top province in terms of administrative reform, sharing the leading position with the State Bank of Việt Nam. Meanwhile, the health ministry and planning ministry dropped rankings.

A tree planting ceremony was held at the national trig point GPS 0001 in Đất Mũi Commune, Ngọc Hiển District, the southernmost province of Cà Mau, yesterday, in the presence of Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân attended a ceremony in the southernmost province of Cà Mau yesterday to inaugurate the Cà Mau Gas Processing Plant (GPP Cà Mau) invested by the PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PVGas).