Việt Nam News

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has advised the northern of Phú Thọ to turn tourism into a spearhead economic sector by enhancing the added value and quality of services and diversifying tourism products.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh on Tuesday chaired the 2020 ASEAN National Committee’s 6th session meeting in Hà Nội to review the country’s future tasks and orientations as the role of 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship winds down.

Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Park Byeong-seug and his spouse will pay an official visit to Việt Nam from October 31 to November 4.

Former Minister of Transport Đinh La Thăng and former Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyễn Hồng Trường are prosecuted under the indictment. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Phạm Bình Minh on Monday held phone talks with Nigerian Minister for Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama to discuss measures to bolster bilateral ties.

Minister of Public Security Tô Lâm said hiking medical equipment’s prices, smuggling goods across borders and making fake COVID-19 prevention and control products were new types of crimes this year while delivering a report at the National Assembly meeting on Monday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Monday told the visiting CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Adam Boehler that Việt Nam does not devaluate its đồng currency to generate unfair trade advantage.

The online meeting drew the participation of representatives of senior officials of 10 ASEAN member countries and the ASEAN Secretariat.

Currently, the Government is directing the ministry to prepare to send about 320 sappers under the Viet Nam People’s Army to UN peacekeeping operations.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Friday granted the first-class National Defence Medal to the General Department of Military Intelligence under the Ministry of National Defence to mark its 75th founding anniversary (October 25).

The majority of lawmakers agreed that the amended Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control should increase the number of people who can access information on HIV-infected people at a National Assembly discussion on Friday.

Experts from Việt Nam and India shared experience and initiatives in journalism and communication products amid COVID-19 at a workshop held in Hà Nội on Thursday.

The controversial penalty relating to cutting off electricity and water supply imposed on individuals and organisations that commit violations divided deputies of the National Assembly on Thursday as they discussed the draft revised Law on Handling Administrative Violations.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Wednesday for Country Director of the World Bank in Việt Nam Carolyn Turk.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh chaired the online ASEAN-United Nations Ministerial Meeting on Wednesday with the participation of ASEAN foreign ministers, the President of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, and the UN Secretary-General.

The amended Law on Residency was discussed by members of the National Assembly (NA) at the ongoing 10th sitting on Wednesday.

State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi has offered her sympathy to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc over the heavy losses of life and property from floods and landslides in the country's central region.

Việt Nam will continue to co-operate proactively and responsibly with the UN and other countries to promote the rule of law at both national and international levels, Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, head of the Vietnam mission to the UN has said.