Việt Nam News

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc held phone talks with President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday to discuss bilateral and regional cooperation amid COVID-19 pandemic.

The Central Military Commission held a conference in Hà Nội on Monday to collect feedback on draft documents to be submitted to the 11th Party Congress of the Việt Nam People’s Army (VPA).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on May 25 extended condolences to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan over the recent plane crash.

The case of Tenma Việt Nam came into the spotlight when Japanese media including Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported that the Vietnamese subsidiary gave a bribe of JPY25 million ($215,000) to Vietnamese customs officials.

Facebook, in partnership with the US Mission to Việt Nam and partners, launched a “Facebook for Vietnam” campaign to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Việt Nam - U.S relations on May 24.

National Assembly (NA) deputies called for more stringent measures against the developers of projects and buildings which had violated regulations during discussions on the draft amended construction law on Saturday as part of their ongoing ninth sitting.

Members of the National Assembly on Saturday had an online discussion on the piloting of the urban administration model in Đà Nẵng, and a report on the revised law on residence.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has suggested the north-eastern province of Quảng Ninh devise a strategy to develop tourism as its spearhead economic sector, especially in the remaining months of this year and during the new tenure of the provincial Party Organisation.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Hà Kim Ngọc has held phone talks with US Congressman Ami Bera, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation, on the comprehensive partnership between the two countries and bilateral cooperation in the fight against COVID-19.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam – HCM City on Friday (May 22) donated an automated protein and nucleic acid purification system to the HCM City Centre for Disease Control to support its response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

National Assembly deputies aired their grievances about the Government's failure to submit draft laws for parliamentary review in line with the agenda, during a discussion held on Friday to look at legislative building for 2020-21. 

Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, head of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations, on Thursday (local time) chaired the first online informal meeting between ambassadors of the 10 non-permanent member countries of the United Nations Security Council (E10) and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

Early awareness of the pandemic, appropriate, drastic and people-centric measures as well as public support are what behind Việt Nam’s successes in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

In the morning session, the NA mulled over the draft Việt Nam Border Guard Law which covers border defence tasks, international co-operation in border defence and the responsibilities of agencies, organisations and individuals performing border defence tasks.

Public non-business units run by provinces/cities People’s Committees will be able to send workers abroad for working to implement international treaties and international agreements.

As a result, the Navy lost the right to manage and use three plots of land for 49 years, causing losses of VNĐ939 billion to the State budget.

Joining the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (Convention 105) is significant to Việt Nam in political, economic, social and legal spheres, Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh said on Wednesday.

Việt Nam Government sets its sight maximum GDP growth of 5.2 per cent in best case scenarios this year, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the world’s economy.