Việt Nam News

Merging administrative units must be conducted in line with streamlining apparatus, personnel and improving the quality of State officials, according to Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Trần Anh Tuấn.

Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng and visiting Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah agreed to elevate the nations’ bilateral relations to a comprehensive partnership at their talks on Wednesday.

Retired government officials will not be allowed to found, own or run private companies in areas under the jurisdiction and management of their former posts for at least six months after retirement, heard a conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

Việt Nam wants the international community to join efforts in dealing with war consequences, helping the country develop sustainably and participate in UN peacekeeping operations more actively.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc asked media outlets in Việt Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) to promote both countries while meeting Lee Hyo-seong, chairman of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

The Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) wants to strengthen its friendship and co-operation with the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV), helping to push the Việt Nam-Republic of Korea (RoK) relations to a new height, said DPK Chairman Lee Hae-chan.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc encouraged the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Investment Corporation of Dubai to expand investment in Việt Nam, while hosting the group’s Executive Director and CEO Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shaibani in Hà Nội on Monday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hosted a reception in Hà Nội yesterday for Alfred Kelly, CEO of Visa – a global payment technology company.

Việt Nam wants to enhance co-operation with Germany, hoping the European nation will provide support in developing small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), digital technology and boosting start-up development and innovation.

Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei starts a three-day visit to Việt Nam from today.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân will make official visits to Morocco and France, work with the EU Parliament and attend the 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and related meetings in Doha, Qatar from March 28 to April 8, the National Assembly’s External Affairs Committee announced.

The Việt Nam-Singapore Cooperation Centre was officially launched in Hà Nội on Saturday.

Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei will pay a State-level visit to Việt Nam from March 26-28 at the invitation of President Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked for measures to promote Việt Nam-Singapore ties, especially in the areas of national defence-security, economy, trade, investment, education-training and people-to-people exchange, as well as joint work in ASEAN and other multilateral forums.

Prison sentences ranging from 4-9 years have been proposed for two ex-leaders of the Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro for “abusing position and power to appropriate assets.”

The Secretaries of the Communist Party of Vietnam Committees of four Vietnamese northern border provinces – Lạng Sơn, Quảng Ninh, Cao Bằng and Hà Giang – and the Communist Party of China Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region held talks in Lạng Sơn on Friday as part of their New Year Meeting 2019.

The Vietnamese National Assembly will closely cooperate with the National Assembly and Senate of Cambodia to further expand and improve the efficiency of collaboration between the two governments as well as the two legislatures at regional and international parliamentary forums, the top legislator has said.

The People’s Court of Hà Nội yesterday announced its verdict against two senior leaders of the Việt Nam-Russia oil venture Vietsovpetro as the first-instance trial looking into their charge of abusing power to misappropriate assets wrapped up.