Việt Nam News

Young Vietnamese and Russian people and agencies in charge of youth affairs should organise practical activities to continue fostering the friendship and co-operation between the two nations, said a senior Vietnamese official.

The Secretary of HCM City’s Party Committee, Nguyễn Thiện Nhân, received visiting National Secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF) Fabien Roussel in HCM City on July 21.

At the talks, both sides informed each other about the two parties and countries’ situation and discussed regional and global matters, including the East Sea issue.

Economic breakthroughs should go in tandem with economic restructuring and growth model reform, the top legislator said at a working session with local officials as part of her visit to the province.

PM Phúc expressed his delight to meet the special advisor and congratulated the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on its win in the Japan upper house election.

The Government leader said Lào Cai must foster tourism growth while preserving local landscapes, pristine environment and natural biodiversity, as well as protect the unique cultures of 25 ethnic minority groups in the province. All local people must also be able to enjoy the fruits of tourism development for what they have contributed.

The US Department of State has expressed concern over reports that China is hampering other countries’ oil and gas activities in the South China Sea (known as East Sea in Việt Nam), and said its acts threaten regional peace and security.

The 15th theoretical workshop between the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) was opened in Guiyang city, in the Chinese province of Guizhou, on July 21.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng met with 90 outstanding leaders of local trade unions in 2019 and 10 trade union officials receiving Nguyễn Văn Linh Awards on Saturday in Hà Nội.

The decision was made during a Politburo meeting held in Hà Nội, chaired by Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng. 

Việt Nam has demanded China immediately end violations and withdraw all vessels from its waters and respect its sovereignty and jurisdiction to preserve bilateral relations and ensure peace and stability in the region, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said on Friday.

The Government and competent agencies of Việt Nam pledge to create favourable conditions and business environment for Japanese enterprises to do business in Việt Nam, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc awarded the third-class Independence Order to K Hospital, Việt Nam’s leading cancer hospital, during a ceremony in Hà Nội on Thursday celebrating its 50th anniversary.

The embalmed body of the late President Hồ Chí Minh is in great condition and has been well-preserved, the State-level medical scientific council affirmed during a working session with Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in Hà Nội on Thursday.

An inter-sectoral conference was held in Hà Nội on Thursday to review preparation work of the deployment of the level-2 field hospital No. 2 to replace the No. 1 currently operational in the war-torn African country, South Sudan.

As many as 20 districts and 539 administrative units at communal and ward levels will be streamlined under a plan of rearrangement of administrative units, said Phan Văn Hùng, head of Local Administration under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA).

Since the beginning of 2019, content consultations for Việt Nam’s 2020 ASEAN chairmanship have been underway across different levels via dialogue and visit exchanges between leaders of countries involved and on the sidelines of multilateral events.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics discussed measures to promote relations between Việt Nam and Latvia during their talks in Hà Nội on Wednesday.