Việt Nam News

Vietnamese Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn and Canada’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Morgan on Thursday co-chaired the 2nd Việt Nam - Canada political consultation at the deputy foreign ministerial level, which was held via video conference.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng held phone talks with President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations.

Việt Nam called for the implementation of commitments made at the Berlin Conference on Libya last January to be promoted at an online meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday.

Việt Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) should normalise people-to-people exchanges as soon as possible after suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and collaborate to offer support to businesses affected by disrupted production, said Park Noh Wan, RoK Ambassador to Việt Nam.

Deputy Minister of National Defence of Việt Nam, Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh, has called nations to co-operate, build trust and express goodwill to resolve all issues in the region based on international law and by means of peace.

The video conference was held on peace operations and human rights under the chair of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German Federal Minister of Defence.

The People’s Council also approved regulations on areas not permitted for animal husbandry and policies to support the relocation of animal husbandry facilities out of areas they are banned from in the city.

The Secretariat of the Party Central Committee on Tuesday has decided to issue disciplinary measures against two senior officials for serious violations in financial management and lifestyle code. 

The video conference, chaired by Việt Nam, featured top defence official from the other nine ASEAN countries, eight partner countries including Russia, China, the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand and India as well as representatives from the ASEAN Secretariat.

Vietnamese Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý on Monday expressed his expectation that the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) will further assist the regional states in responding to the COVID-19 and combating terrorism.

Registration for automated border control gates at Vietnamese airports is now available on the public service portals, according to a newly-issued Government’s decree.

They had registered as members of the “provisional national government of Việt Nam”, a reactionary organisation that conducted activities to overthrow the State.

Although bilateral trade between Việt Nam and Kazakhstan has increased considerably over the past three years, it hasn’t met the two countries’ potential, said Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Việt Nam, Yerlan Baizhanov.

The Government has issued Decree No 75/2020/NĐ-CP with detailed regulations on adopting the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Việt Nam, also known as Immigration Law 2019, which aims to attract foreign investment.  

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith on Sunday exchanged information and experience in combating the COVID-19 pandemic as well as specific measures to foster collaboration in various fields in the post-pandemic period.

Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, head of the Việt Nam Permanent Mission to the United Nations, has reaffirmed the value and vitality of Buddhist doctrines as the world faces conflicts, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.

As many as 6 administrative units at district-level and 546 units at communal level have been streamlined under a plan of rearrangement of administrative units for 2019-2021 period.

The same day, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh extended sympathies to Union Minister for International Cooperation Kyaw Tin.