Việt Nam News

The Public Administrative Reform (PAR) Index released yesterday showed Quảng Ninh the top province in terms of administrative reform, sharing the leading position with the State Bank of Việt Nam. Meanwhile, the health ministry and planning ministry dropped rankings.

A tree planting ceremony was held at the national trig point GPS 0001 in Đất Mũi Commune, Ngọc Hiển District, the southernmost province of Cà Mau, yesterday, in the presence of Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân attended a ceremony in the southernmost province of Cà Mau yesterday to inaugurate the Cà Mau Gas Processing Plant (GPP Cà Mau) invested by the PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PVGas).

The Vietnamese Government will create the best possible conditions for US enterprises, all in accordance with domestic and relevant international laws, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ announced yesterday.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Kuwait Nguyễn Hồng Thao was elected Second Vice Chairman of the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) at the commission’s 70th session in New York, the US. 

President Trần Đại Quang has written an article entitled “Upholding the power of national reunification will and aspiration for peace in the cause of national reform, construction and defence” on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of southern liberation and national reunification (April 30).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc held bilateral meetings with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Myanmar President Win Myint on April 28 on the sidelines of the 32nd ASEAN Summit in Singapore.

The 32nd summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) officially opened in Singapore on April 28 morning. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc met Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Singapore yesterday on the sidelines of the 32nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng asked relevant authorities to expedite investigations into “major, complicated corruption and economic mismanagement cases” that have recently drawn wide public attention.

Việt Nam welcomes and highly regards efforts by the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the successful organisation of the historic inter-Korea summit on April 27

Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament, Karu Jayasuriya, wrapped up his official visit to Việt Nam on April 27.

The former executive from one of the member companies of State-owned oil group PetroVietnam (PVN), was detained pending investigation into connection with a sprawling banking-sector corruption case, the Ministry of Public Security announced today.

Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh met with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in Sydney on Thursday 26 as part of her trip to attend the 2018 Global Summit of Women in the Australian city.

Ambassador Nguyễn Phương Nga, Head of Việt Nam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, affirmed Vietnam’s commitment to promote peace and security in the region and the world during the UN General Assembly’s High-level Meeting on Peace Building and Sustaining Peace in New York on April 24 and 25.

Vietnamese Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh has urged women to take the lead in fostering economic connectivity and international cooperation and equip themselves with new skills and knowledge so that they are not left behind in the digital era and the fourth industrial revolution.

Việt Nam and Singapore need to work for bigger strides in economic, trade and investment cooperation.

The eighth meeting of senior officials on the agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal affairs among ASEAN countries opened in Hà Nội on Thursday.