Việt Nam News

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

Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng on Friday chaired a meeting of the Politburo to discuss draft documents of the 13th National Party Congress before sending them to grassroots Party congresses for review.

The security forces of Việt Nam and Brunei have agreed to bolster comprehensive collaboration, particularly in the fight against traditional and non-traditional crimes.

Malaysian King Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah on Thursday suggested Việt Nam and Malaysia step up bilateral cooperation in various spheres, especially in the fight against transnational crime.

A meeting of ambassadors of East Asia Summit (EAS) member countries took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday.

Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh meet with Indian President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi on Thursday, as part of her official visit to India.

Vietnamese Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh and Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu affirmed that they attach great importance to the long-standing friendship between the two countries during their talks in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Fifty-five of the 63 provincial-level localities have set up public administrative service centres.