Việt Nam News

Prime Minister of Việt Nam Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove hailed the importance of the establishment of a strategic partnership between their countries at a meeting in Canberra on March 15.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc met President of the Senate Scott Ryan and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tony Smith in Canberra on March 15 during his visit to Australia from March 14-16.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc visited the Australian National University (ANU), one of the world’s top research universities, right after his arrival in Canberra yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and a high-ranking delegation from Việt Nam are paying an official visit to Australia and attending the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit from March 14-18.  The two sides issued a joint statement on the establishment of a strategic partnership between Việt Nam and Australia. The following is the full text of the joint statement. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc praised efforts by the Australia – Việt Nam Friendship Society (AVFS) to promote friendship and mutual understanding between the people of Việt Nam and Australia while talking to AVFS President Kim Sampson on Thursday. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull signed a joint statement on the establishment of the Việt Nam-Australia Strategic Partnership following talks in Canberra, Australia on March 15 as part of the Vietnamese PM’s visit. 

A grand welcome ceremony with cannon salute was held for Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc at the Parliament House on Capitol Hill in Canberra, Australia, on March 15. The Prime Minister was accompanied by his spouse and a high-level Vietnamese delegation.

 The draft amendments to the Competition Law and Law on Higher Education were discussed at the ongoing 22nd sitting of the Standing Committee of the 14^th National Assembly yesterday.

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation always attaches importance to the traditional ties with the Communist Party of Việt Nam and wants to play an active role in developing bilateral relations in investment, trade, banking-finance, and tourism.

HCM City always respects and treasures the sound relations with Cambodia’s ministries, branches and localities, helping consolidate the traditional neighborly friendship between the two countries, said Permanent Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Lê Thanh Liêm.

HCM City always treasures and will do its utmost to preserve and promote the friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Cambodian localities, including Phnom Penh, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân said.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Tuesday for Myanmar Minister of Border Affairs Ye Aung, who is on a working visit to Việt Nam to enhance co-operation in ethnic affairs.

All nine defendants in the notorious case of the Đà River – Hà Nội water pipe breakdown yesterday received a cumulative 14-year sentence for their wrongdoings, with three defendants receiving probation.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc had a meeting with New Zealand’s Speaker of the House of Representatives Trevor Mallard on March 13, during which both leaders agreed that the two countries’ legislations should maintain traditional cooperation and close coordination at international and regional parliamentary forums.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his New Zealand counterpart, Jacinda Ardern, agreed on major directions to boost future Việt Nam-New Zealand co-operation in all fields during their talks in Auckland, New Zealand, on Tuesday.

Việt Nam and New Zealand on March 13 issued a Joint Statement on advancing the comprehensive partnership toward the strategic partnership during Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc’s official visit to New Zealand on March 11-14. The following is the full text of the joint statement.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc called for enhanced co-operation between Việt Nam and New Zealand in fields of mutual interest, such as education training, organic agriculture, smart agriculture and infrastructure.

The lawmakers should reconsider the feasibility of a draft regulation asking primary school teachers to have university diplomas given that up to 40 per cent of primary teachers currently fail to meet such requirement, the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children (CCEYC) said on Monday.