Việt Nam News

The Homeland Spring, the annual gathering of Vietnamese living across the world to celebrate the traditional lunar new year festival in Việt Nam, is set to take place on January 18 next year.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh and Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith co-chaired the sixth ministerial consultation in the northern province of Quảng Ninh on Wednesday.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình has asked the Government Office to be more proactive next year in following and grasping the real-life situation as well as hot and sensitive issues which attract public attention in order to advise and have recommendations to the Government for prompt reactions in social and economic direction and administration.

Secretary General of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan Toshihiro Nikai said on Tuesday that he will lead the largest-ever delegation to Việt Nam for a friendly visit from January 11-14.

Việt Nam is willing to send experts to support Laos, especially in macro-economic policy consultancy, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said at a reception for Laos’ Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and Investment Sonsay Siphandone in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc asked the public security sector to dedicate resources and efforts to ensure absolute safety and security during the many high-level events that will take place next year.

Economic diplomacy between Việt Nam and Laos was the topic of a workshop co-organised by the foreign ministries of the two countries in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Tuesday for Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, who is on an official visit to Việt Nam to attend the sixth Việt Nam-Laos Foreign Ministerial Political Consultation.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev pledged to further deepen bilateral ties as they held a telephone call late Tuesday.

Despite confronting a lot of challenges, Thailand has mobilised all resources to ensure the success of its ASEAN chairmanship, said Sihasak Puangketkaew, former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand.

Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh made a visit and extended the best wishes to Catholic dignitaries and followers of the Bùi Chu Diocese in Xuân Trường District, the northern province of Nam Định, on Monday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh held talks with visiting Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi in Hà Nội on Monday, during which both sides agreed to enhance co-operation.

The Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence held a grand ceremony in Hà Nội on Saturday to celebrate the 30th All People’s Defence Festival and the 75th founding anniversary of the Việt Nam People’s Army (VPA) (December 22).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Friday hosted military leaders from Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Russia, Singapore and Thailand at a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the Việt Nam People’s Army (VPA) and the 30th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival (December 22).

Defence Minister General Ngô Xuân Lịch on Friday held talks with his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh, who is here for a working visit from December 19-22 and to attend the 30th All-People Defence Festival and 75th founding anniversary of the Việt Nam People’s Army.

Defence Minister General Ngô Xuân Lịch on Friday held talks with his Lao counterpart Chansamone Chanyalath, who is here for a working visit from December 19-23 and to attend the 30th All-People Defence Festival and 75th founding anniversary of the Việt Nam People’s Army.

Prosecutors on Friday proposed the death penalty for former communications minister Nguyễn Bắc Son for bribery, making him the first minister in Việt Nam to be placed on death row.

The Việt Nam People’s Army (VPA) has always served as the core force to, together with the Party and the people, achieve accomplishments in national liberation and construction and defence throughout its 75-year history, Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng has said.