Việt Nam News

Participants listened to a Government report on the implementation of the State budget in 2019, and debated the State budget estimate and allocation for 2020, as well as a verification report on the work.

Tensions escalated this summer when Beijing dispatched a research ship Haiyang Dizhi 8 escorted by other vessels to Việt Nam’s exclusive economic zone for energy surveys.

The East Sea situation is witnessing complicated developments, and if it is not handled well, regional peace and stability will be affected, trust among countries eroded, and co-operation efforts in the region hampered, General Ngô Xuân Lịch, Minister of National Defence of Việt Nam.

Vietnamese Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh attended the inauguration of Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Vice President Ma’ruf Amin for the 2019-24 tenure in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday.

 At this session which runs from October 21 to November 27, the NA is scheduled to pass 12 laws, thee resolutions and give opinions on nine draft laws.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc will attend the coronation ceremony of Japanese Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo from October 22-23 at the invitation of Japanese Government.

The Youth Entrepreneurs and Leaders Speakers Series programme, part of an Australian public diplomacy programme, is being organised in Việt Nam from Oct 21 to 25 to enhance ties between ASEAN nations.

Sơn and Tuấn were indicted on charges of “violating regulations on the management and use of public capital causing serious consequences” under Article 220, Clause 3 of the 2015 Criminal Code.

As Việt Nam will take over the ASEAN Chairmanship from Thailand in early November 2019, Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh asked the National ASEAN 2020 Committee, its sub-committees and Secretariat, ministries, agencies and localities to do their best to complete preparations for the event.

Việt Nam and the European Union (EU) have signed an agreement on the establishment of a framework for Việt Nam’s participation in crisis management activities of the EU.

An inspection team from the European Commission (EC) will visit Việt Nam next month to assess the country’s efforts in implementing the recommendations on fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Director General of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Nguyễn Đức Lợi, a member of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee, had a working session with Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee and head of the PCC’s Thought Commission Victor Gaute Lopez in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

Previously, the Enterprise Law of 2014 and its guiding documents required household businesses to employ more than 10 people to register as businesses.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hosted a reception for Governor of Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture Mitazono Satoshi in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

Vietnamese Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Tòng Thi Phóng proposed measures to promote respect for international law while addressing a plenum of the 141st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-141) on Tuesday.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng on Wednesday received newly-accredited ambassadors from Sweden, France, Ireland, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Angola, Laos, Uzbekistan, the Republic of Korea and Tanzania, and head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Việt Nam.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tòng Thị Phóng had separate meetings with President of the International Parliamentary Union Gabriela Cuevas Barron and Vice President of the Cuban National Assembly Ana Maria Mari Machado on Tuesday.

Deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education and Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng hosted a reception in Hanoi on Tuesday for Vice President of China’s Xinhua News Agency Zhang Sutang.