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The ambassador took the occasion to thank the IAEA for supporting Việt Nam in applying RT-PCR, a nuclear-derived method, to detect the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, as well as financial and technical contributions from such countries as the UK, the US, Japan, Canada, and Norway to help the agency provide its support.

Participants discussed the implementation of the Peace Agreement between the Central African Republic government and 14 armed groups.

The HCM City People’s Supreme Court yesterday (June 22) began hearing the second phase of the appeal in the misappropriation case at Đại Tín Bank, or Trust Bank, which caused a loss of VNĐ1.338 trillion (US$57.51 million).  

PM Phúc expressed appreciation for the WB official, calling him “a very dear friend of Việt Nam” who fostered the relationship between the country and bank.

Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng asked the Police’s Party Central Committee to pay attention to building a strong and transparent organisation, providing firm and reliable support to the Party, the State and people.

The 36th ASEAN Summit will be held online on June 26, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc reported the outcomes of the 14th National Assembly’s ninth session to residents in Ngô Quyền District, the northern port city of Hải Phòng during a meeting on Sunday.

A video conference of the UN Security Council (UNSC) looked into the situation in Haiti and the report of the UN Secretary-General on the operation of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH).

Nguyễn Đức Lợi, General Director of the Vietnam News Agency, speaks about the agency's transition process on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).

Nearly a century since the first issue of Thanh niên newspaper was published, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has blossomed.

The National Assembly on Friday passed a resolution on the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas during 2021-30, which aimed at improving livelihoods of ethnic minority groups, with the majority of deputies voting in favour.

Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, head of the Vietnam Mission to the United Nations (UN), has called on the international community to focus on people-centred solutions, and share the burden and responsibility to ensure the success of the repatriation and reintegration process for refugees.

Notably, the NA ruled People’s Councils and People’s Committees at the district and communal level can issue legal documents.

ASEAN and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday held a special online meeting on COVID-19 pandemic. 

Legislators voted to pass a law amending and supplementing some articles of the Law on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and the Law on Dykes at the ongoing ninth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen Lt Gen Nguyễn Chí Vịnh, on Tuesday, engaged in two online talks with Jody Thomas, Deputy Minister of Canada’s Department of National Defence, and Peter Tesch, Deputy Secretary for Strategic Policy & Intelligence at Australia’s Department of Defence.

Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, head of the Vietnam Mission to the United Nations, has shared the concern of UNSC members over security and terrorism challenges in Syria and called for more humanitarian support for the country.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country, the border soldiers also helped fight the pandemic