Việt Nam News

Việt Nam attached importance to developing its friendly, stable, healthy and sustainable relationship with China, and considered it one of the top priorities of the country’s foreign policy, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe attended a ceremony on Sunday to open a French medical centre in HCM City as part of his official visit to Việt Nam.

Training a core group of government officials is key to building a better and safer Việt Nam for the future. That was the message from Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng who was speaking at a meeting in Hà Nội yesterday.

Secretary of  HCM City’s Party Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân held a meeting with visiting French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Sunday.

A recent confidence vote had prompted the Government to try harder to raise its sense of responsibility towards the people and National Assembly, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân hosted a reception on November 2 for Governor of Japan’s Hyogo prefecture Ido Toshizo.

Chairman of the Hồ Chí Minh City People’s Committee Nguyễn Thành Phong received Mayor of Busan of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Oh Keo-don yesterday.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng and a delegation of the Vietnamese Government paid a visit to Norway from October 30 to November 2 at the invitation of the Norwegian Government.

Việt Nam always treasures relations with France and expects that the two nations will collaborate in developing the bilateral strategic partnership more effectively and practically, said National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng yesterday presented a proposal to the National Assembly asking for the parliament’s ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his French counterpart Édouard Philippe affirmed their determination to deepen the Việt Nam-France strategic partnership for shared benefit during their talks in Hà Nội on November 2 as part of the French PM’s ongoing visit to Việt Nam.

Việt Nam has always considered France a leading partner in Europe and the world, Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng told French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.

 French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe begins an official visit to Việt Nam today.

The Central Military Court upheld a 10-year imprisonment sentence for Đinh Ngọc Hệ– also known as “Út trọc”, former Deputy General Director of Thai Son Corporation – for “abusing position and power while performing official duties”, and another two years for “using falsified documents of agencies and organisations”, as heard at a court of appeals on November 1. 

The head of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission on Mass Mobilisation, Trương Thị Mai, hosted a reception in Hà Nội yesterday for a visiting delegation from the Cuban Women’s Federation (FMC) led by its Secretary General Teresa Maria.

At the current growth rate, Việt Nam’s GDP in 2045 is set to reach US$2.5 trillion with per capita income of US$18,000, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said during a speech yesterday in front of the National Assembly.

The Vietnamese Government has always promoted co-operation between Vietnamese localities and Japanese counterparts, including Hyogo prefecture, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc received Polish Ambassador Wojciech Gerwel in Hà Nội on Wednesday, noting that having served as a trade counsellor in Việt Nam for many years, the diplomat will bring bilateral economic and trade ties to a new level.