Việt Nam News

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and other ASEAN leaders attended the opening ceremony of the 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday.

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Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc’s presence at the upcoming 34th ASEAN Summit will contribute to tightening ASEAN solidarity, promoting the central role of the bloc, expanding and deepening relations with its partners and facilitating the development of each member state.

Visiting Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ and host Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Lee Nak-yeon yesterday agreed to try to lift two-way trade to US$100 billion by 2020 from $65 billion in 2018, together with reducing Việt Nam’s trade deficit.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his spouse will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to attend the G20 Summit and pay a visit to Japan from June 27 to July 1.

A delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Quốc Dũng, head of the Việt Nam ASEAN SOM, attended the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in Bangkok on June 21.

On Friday, National Assembly Vice Chairman Uông Chu Lưu attended a preparatory meeting for the ASEAN Leaders' Interface with Representatives of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) on the occasion of the 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand.

Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng chaired a meeting of the Politburo on Friday to approve personnel planning for the 13th Party Central Committee in the 2021-26 tenure. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc received Japanese Ambassador to Việt Nam Kunio Umeda in Hà Nội on Thursday to discuss measures to promote co-operation between the two countries.

The spokeswoman also addressed reports that Vietnamese fishing boats operating in the waters of Hoàng Sa (Paracel) archipelago had been driven away and had their assets and fishing tools confiscated.

China’s southern localities were hit by downpours and floods while an earthquake struck the southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ yesterday unveiled the advantages of investing in Việt Nam during a meeting with South Korean securities investors at the headquarters of the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) in Seoul.

China’s southern localities were hit by downpours and floods while an earthquake struck the southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ yesterday unveiled the advantages of investing in Việt Nam during a meeting with South Korean securities investors at the headquarters of the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) in Seoul.

The city’s People’s Committee has announced plans to re-organise and to merge administrative units of district and commune/ward levels in the city in the period from 2019 to 2021

He called on the Ivory Coast to help Vietnamese enterprises operate in the African country and to help Vietnamese goods to penetrate the market. 

The People’s Court of Hoà Bình City on Wednesday announced it has reduced the jail term given to five defendants involved in the fatal medical incident that killed nine patients at the Hoà Bình General Hospital two years ago.

The Secretariat of the Party Central Committee agreed on disciplinary measures against a senior official from the northern mountainous province of Sơn La and a naval officer at a meeting in Hà Nội on Wednesday.