Việt Nam News

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a coordinator for ASEAN-Japan relations, organised a virtual high-level roundtable themed “ASEAN-Japan: Reviewing the journey travelled, toward the 50th anniversary of dialogue partnership” on Wednesday

Reducing administrative costs, overseeing the implementation of newly introduced laws, ensuring the timely reception and handling of citizens' complaints, and the reorganisation of local government bodies are the top priorities of the new National Assembly. 

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Monday sent a letter to his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen to express thanks to the Cambodian Government and people for providing help to HCM City in the fight against COVID-19.

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ yesterday called on deputies of the 15th NA to uphold their sense of responsibility and raise initiatives to help the legislature improve its operational quality and efficiency. 

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vương Đình Huệ chaired the first session of the NA Standing Committee on July 20 after their election at the 15th legislature’s first plenum earlier the same day.

National Assembly (NA) deputies yesterday elected Vương Đình Huệ, Chairman of the 14th-tenure NA, to hold the position of Chairman of the 15th-tenure NA. 

Before being brought to this court and stood trial for the anti-State charge, Nguyễn Văn Lâm had a long criminal history of stealing property, prostitution brokering, drug smuggling, and assault.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính talked over the phone with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte late Monday, affirming that the archipelago nation is always an important and trustworthy partner that shares many concerns and strategic interests with Việt Nam.

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.