Việt Nam News

President Quang and his wife are in Luxor city on his first State visit to Egypt from at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.

Việt Nam and the RoK needed to continue stepping up connections between their ministries, agencies and localities, with a view to lifting two-way trade to US$100 billion by 2020, said Acting President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh during a reception in Hà Nội on Wednesday for Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Lee Nak-yeon.

The Defence Ministry’s Border Guard High Command held the third border friendship exchange last weekend in Hà Nội.

Senator John McCain, who helped lay the foundation for a cooperative Việt Nam - US relationship, passed away on Saturday (US time) at the age of 81.

The National Assembly will hold off on voting on the adoption of the controversial draft law on special administrative-economic zone until the next meeting of the legislative body in May next year.

President Trần Đại Quang has affirmed to Speaker of Ethiopia’s House of Federation Keria Ibrahim that Việt Nam has always attached great importance to developing its traditional friendship and all-round partnership with Ethiopia.

Police on Friday announced that they have launched a probe against former Hòa Bình Province General Hospital director for his involvement in the tragic accident that left nine patients dead last year.

During their talks in Addis Ababa on Thursday, President of Ethiopia Mulatu Teshome described the State visit to his country by President Trần Đại Quang as a particularly important political event. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Thursday asked the Government’s Economic Advisory Group to analyse internal and external difficulties to propose mechanisms and policies which will help the country to overcome economic obstacles and ensure sustainable development.

Việt Nam welcomed San Francisco’s landmark verdict against Monsanto and called upon the company to pay compensation for Agent Orange victims in Việt Nam, according to deputy foreign ministry spokesperson Nguyễn Phương Trà told a press briefing in Hà Nội on Thursday.

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Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc thanked Japan for providing Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Việt Nam over the past 26 years, aiding the country’s efforts to boost the economy, reduce poverty and develop infrastructure.

The upcoming State-level visits to Ethiopia and Egypt from August 23 to 29 by President Trần Đại Quang and his spouse are expected to enhance the traditional friendship between Việt Nam and the two African countries.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called for meticulous preparations for the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN), which will take place in Hà Nội on September 11-13. 

The People’s Court of Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm City in the south central province of Ninh Thuận on Wednesday opened the first instance hearing against six people on the charge of disturbing public order in the city on June 10-11. 

The 42nd Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS 42), themed “Cooperation Among Indo-Asian Pacific Land Forces in Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Response”, opened in Hà Nội on Monday.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping has affirmed that China attaches great importance to and is willing to work with Việt Nam to develop relations between the two Parties and countries.

The 130th birthday anniversary of President Tôn Đức Thắng was marked with a grand ceremony held on Monday at the late President’s home village in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.