Việt Nam News

A special meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) and a special conference of ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers on cooperation in responding to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) took place in Vientiane, Laos, on Thursday.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh said on Thursday that the Mekong-Lancang cooperation (MLC) should contribute to consolidating coordination between countries in handling regional challenges and bringing about long-term benefits for people.

Việt Nam will continue to monitor and assess the impact of the US’ removal of Việt Nam from the list of developing countries under US countervailing duty laws, Vice Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Đoàn Khắc Việt said on Thursday.

Ambassador Phạm Hải Anh, Deputy Head of the Việt Nam Mission to the United Nations (UN), laid stress on the significance of seeking political solutions and diplomatic efforts to restore peace in Syria while speaking at the UN Security Council’s session on Wednesday.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân has asked newly-appointed Australian Ambassador Robyn Mudie to encourage exchanges of delegations and meetings to enhance political trust and co-operation between the two countries.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh had bilateral meetings with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith in Vientine on Wednesday.

Defence ministers of ASEAN member nations and Australia attended an informal meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat in Hà Nội on Wednesday under the chair of Vietnamese Minister of National Defence General Ngô Xuân Lịch.

Việt Nam aims to foster ASEAN’s unity in its chairmanship year 2020 to prevent the regional bloc from “having to choose sides,” in the context of growing strategic competition between global powers.

The ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM Retreat) officially opened in Hà Nội on Wednesday morning, under the chair of Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngô Xuân Lịch.

The UK Royal Navy’s survey vessel HMS Enterprise arrived at Tân Vũ Port in the northern city of Hải Phòng on Wednesday, beginning a week-long visit to Việt Nam.

Politburo member and head of the Communist Party of the Việt Nam Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Phạm Minh Chính receives Vice Chairman of the Presidium of the Japanese Communist Party Ogata Yasuo during a reception in Hà Nội yesterday. 

Minister of National Defence General Ngô Xuân Lịch had a meeting with his Lao counterpart Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath in Hà Nội on Tuesday within the framework of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM Retreat).

Head of the Việt Nam’s Permanent Mission to ASEAN, Ambassador Trần Đức Bình chaired the first 2020 meeting of the ASEAN Connectivity Co-ordinating Committee (ACCC) in Indonesia on Tuesday.

The first meeting of the political affairs sub-committee of the Joint Committee under the EU-Việt Nam Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation Framework Agreement (PCA) was held in Hà Nội on Monday.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Quốc Khánh talks to Vietnam News Agency on the role of the High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday congratulated the Government Inspectorate of Việt Nam and the Russian Presidential Anti-Corruption Directorate on their expansion of anti-corruption cooperation.

The Ministry of Public Security’s Security Investigation Agency has proposed prosecuting Đinh La Thăng, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and nine accomplices on charges of violating regulations on construction works, causing serious consequences at the Petrochemical and Bio-Fuel JSC (PVB) – a subsidiary of this group. 

Architect Đào Ngọc Nghiêm, former director of the Hà Nội’s Department of Planning and Architecture, says the proposal to make the Hà Nội Red River Delta the new 'Capital Region' would not receive strong support from the public or experts