Việt Nam News

The Presidential Office yesterday announced six new laws at a press conference. 

Việt Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) may cooperate in science education and training, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam told Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of the RoK Kim Sang Kon at their meeting in Hà Nội on December 14.

The joint co-ordination committee of the Cambodia-Laos-Việt Nam (CLV) Development Triangle Area will hold its 11th meeting in Việt Nam’s southern province of Bình Phước from December 15-19.

The National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday convened and agreed in principle the introduction of government’s regulations on gallery and exhibitions as well as the establishment of the Ninh Cường township in the northern province of Nam Định.

Work began on the construction of a high school, a gift from General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng, in Laos’ Bolikhamsai Province on Wednesday. 

The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) yesterday passed a resolution on allocating additional funds to buy rice and add to the national reserve.

The national watchdog has made notable improvements in its work, but the problems of overlapping, delays and corruption persist, the head of the Government Inspectorate, Lê Minh Khái, has acknowledged.

Ministry of Public Security’s Police Investigation Agency yesterday issued a decision launching criminal proceedings against five former officials of the Việt Nam Rubber Group (VRG) accused of deliberately violating State rules on economic management resulting in serious consequences.

Việt Nam is improving its business climate to attract foreign investors, including those from Japan, stated Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

The 11th National Congress of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth (HCYU) opened in Hà Nội yesterday, drawing 999 delegates representing millions of the union’s members nationwide.

The National Assembly Standing Committee opened the 19th session yesterday, presided by NA Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân.

The trial run of the capital city’s first metro system has been postponed for the third time to next September.

The Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security has decided to start legal proceedings against Đinh Mạnh Thắng, Director of the Petro Sông Đà Trading and Investment JSC for his alleged links to serious violations in PVC. 

Some 1,000 attendees, representing young people from throughout the country, participated in the 11th National Congress of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) for the 2017-22 tenure, which opened in Hà Nội yesterday.

The 27th annual Việt Nam-Laos border meeting was held on Saturday in Hà Nội, aiming to seek orientations for border co-operation in 2018. 

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) on Thursday rejected the Hà Nội Taxi Association’s request to extend taxi licences for 12 months.

Việt Nam and Liberia have affirmed their determination to double or triple bilateral trade, currently at US$35.3 million annually.

Việt Nam is very concerned that US President Donald Trump’s move to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will cause instability and adversely impact the peace process in the Middle East, said Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng.