Việt Nam News

Lê Thanh Thản, one of the country’s most notable real estate players, was charged with defrauding customers, the Hà Nội People’s Procuracy announced yesterday.

Việt Nam has always attached importance to, consolidated and strengthened the relations of traditional friendship and co-operation with Switzerland, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc stated on Wednesday.

Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophone (APF)’s Việt Nam Sub-Committee Nguyễn Thúy Anh has been elected the APF Vice President for the 2019-21 tenure.

Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh on Tuesday held talks with First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Raul Castro and Chairman of the Cuban State Council and the Council of Minister Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana.

The People’s Procuracy in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La has issued an indictment against eight people involved in a high-school exam cheating scandal.

The Ministry of National Defence is determined to impose severe penalties on individuals and organisations which commit wrongdoings related to use and management of military land, said Major General Nguyễn Văn Đức, head of the Department of Information and Training under the General Department of Politics of the Việt Nam People’s Army.

Immediately after learning about the beating of a Vietnamese woman by her Korean husband, the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK) contacted local agencies to request investigation and strict handling of the case in line with RoK law, thus preventing the occurrence of similar violence. 

Issues relating to management of delayed projects that use non-State budget capitals and violate the current Land Law in Hà Nội were among three main topics at the question-and-answer session of the ninth meeting of the People’s Council of Hà Nội yesterday.

Businesses from Suzhou city in the Chinese province of Jiangsu want to step up co-operation with Việt Nam - a fast growing economy, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Zhou Naixiang said at a meeting with Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân on Tuesday.

The Vietnamese Government supports stronger co-operation between the ministries of home affairs of Việt Nam and Laos, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said at a reception in Hà Nội on Tuesday for Lao Minister of Home Affairs Khamman Sounvileuth.

Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh and First Vice President of the Cuban Council of State Salvador Valdes Mesa held talks in Havana on Monday, discussing measures to continue enhancing the faithful solidarity and comprehensive co-operation between the two countries.

Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thinh and the First Vice President of the Cuban Council of State, Salvador Valdes Mesa, held talks in Havana on Monday, discussing measures that will continue to enhance the faithful solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

Minister of Public Security General Tô Lâm met the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon and had talks with Commissioner General of the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) Min Gap-ryong in Seoul yesterday.

Secretary of China’s Jiangsu provincial Party Committee Lou Qinjian has said Jiangsu wants to work with Việt Nam in economic and industrial park development, people-to-people exchange, culture and tourism. 

Minister Locsin said he had successful talks with Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh, describing it as evidence of the close relations between the two countries.

The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission has proposed the Politburo to consider and take disciplinary action against Vũ Văn Ninh, former member of the Party Central Committee and former Deputy Prime Minister, for his violations committed while holding different positions.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân will start a five-day official visit to China from Monday.

The National Assembly (NA) of Việt Nam is keen to enhance its ties with the Armenian parliament and support cooperation between the two governments, NA Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân told visiting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Hà Nội on Saturday.