Việt Nam News

The 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions – An Opportunity for Việt Nam to Stand at the Front of Recommitment to International Humanitarian Law

Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng hosted a reception for his Lao counterpart Bounnhang Volachith in Hà Nội on Friday.

Dr. Lê Thị Tuyết Mai, a member of the Executive Board of the Việt Nam Society of International Law, Chair of Việt Nam Lawyers Association Branch at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director General of the Department of International Law and Treaties, wrote an article entitled “UNCLOS 1982: Overarching framework for establishing the legal order for the seas and oceans, promoting development and cooperation at sea".

Over the past five decades, member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have put forward huge efforts to realise the spirit of the 1967 Bangkok Declaration: “For a Southeast Asian region of peace, freedom and prosperity”.

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) has suggested the People’s Procuracy prosecute two suspects for “swindling to appropriate assets” in the case relating to Phan Văn Anh Vũ (also known as Vũ Nhôm), former chairman of Bắc Nam 79 Construction Joint-Stock Company in Đà Nẵng.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Thursday had a working session with the Ministry of National Defence on the management and use of the land for national defence purposes in economic production and building in association with military missions.

The Chinese survey ship that encroached upon Việt Nam’s continental shelf reportedly since early July has been withdrawn, Việt Nam’s authorities confirmed today.

The 2019 Việt Nam’s Dedicated Defence and Security Exhibition and Conference (DSE Việt Nam 2019) will be held for the first time in Hà Nội from October 2 to 4 with the participation of some 200 exhibitors from at home and abroad.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) flag hoisting in Hà Nội on Thursday morning to mark the 52nd anniversary of the grouping.

A representative of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs made contact with China on Wednesday and handed a diplomatic note opposing its military drills in Việt Nam’s Hoàng Sa (Paracel) archipelago area.

Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng hosted receptions in Hà Nội on Wednesday for the new ambassadors of Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Australia, Armenia, Morocco, India, Germany and Malaysia, who came to present their credentials.

The Hà Nội People’s Procuracy has approved a decision to start legal proceedings against three defendants involved in defrauding customers at the Mường Thanh Group’s apartment building project.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc received Horst Julius Pudwill, Chairman of Techtronic Industries (TTI) – a world-leading Hong Kong-based manufacturer of cordless power equipment, in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Monday chaired a Government meeting on law building with the participation of representatives from the Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs as well as National Assembly committees, the Vietnam Fatherland Committee and ministries.

Việt Nam will spare no effort to promote its relations with the European Union (EU), Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said while meeting with Federica Mogherini, Vice President of the European Commission and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Security has started criminal proceedings against Trần Ngọc Hà, former president of the managing board and general director of Vietnam Engine and Agricultural Machinery Corporation (VEAM) and other former leading officials of the corporation.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Quốc Khánh led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 8th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting which took place in Beijing, China, on Saturday.

Việt Nam values promoting relations with Ireland, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told outgoing Irish Ambassador Cáit Moran in Hà Nội on August 2.