Việt Nam News

Chairman of the Culture, Education, Youth and Children Committee of the National Assembly Phan Thanh Bình and a Vietnamese delegation are attending the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)’s Interregional Seminar in Beijing, China to promote the implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs). 

China’s announcement that it had launched a live-fire drill in Việt Nam’s Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Archipelago is a serious violation of Việt Nam’s sovereignty over the archipelago, threatening peace and stability in the region and the East Sea, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said yesterday.


 

The 24th APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting (SMEMM) and related meetings, scheduled to take place in HCM City from September 10-15, are expected to enhance the competitiveness and creative capacity of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the digital era.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Việt Nam is considered an important milestone in the cooperation between Việt Nam and Egypt, which is expected to boost the traditional partnership between the two countries in all fields.

A high-ranking delegation of the Việt Nam People’s Army (VPA) is attending the 20th Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference in Canada from September 4-6. 

President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will pay an official visit to Việt Nam next Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

Deputy General Director of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) Ninh Văn Quỳnh was detained on Friday for “deliberately violating State regulations and causing serious consequences” for PVN.

Deputy Foreign Minister Hà Kim Ngọc and a Vietnamese delegation attended the eighth Foreign Ministerial Meeting (FMM-8) of the Forum for East Asia – Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC), which took place in Busan City, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on Thursday. 

Several new Government’s policies come into effect this month, including regulations on credit institutions and foreign bank branches, payments for those involved in searching for and collecting remains of war matyrs, and fines for incorrect weather forecasts.

Việt Nam is deeply concerned about the Chinese announcement that it plans to hold a military drill in the waters off the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said yesterday.

A delegation of Party, State, National Assembly, Government and Việt Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee leaders paid tribute to late President Hồ Chí Minh at his mausoleum in Hà Nội on Friday to mark the 72nd National Day (September 2). 

Administrative procedures in many ministries, sectors and localities remain complex, causing difficulties for enterprises, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc at the monthly Government meeting yesterday.

The fifth Việt Nam-Japan defence policy dialogue took place in the south central province of Khánh Hòa’s Nha Trang City yesterday under the co-chair of Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyễn Chí Vịnh and his Japanese counterpart, Manabe Ro.

With its advantages fully recognised, the southern “emerald island” of Phú Quốc off of Kiên Giang Province is set to live up to its title of a special administrative-economic zone.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh has urged businesses and educational establishments of the US State of Utah to expand investment in Việt Nam, especially in transport infrastructure, science, water resources management, sustainable agricultural development, urban planning and climate change response.

Senior government officials from ASEAN member countries, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada and the US participated in a two-day conference on the global synthetic drug problem in Hà Nội.

The Criminal Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security will prosecute Đào Tấn Cường, a resident of Đà Nẵng City’s Hải Châu District, for threatening to murder an official.