Việt Nam News

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Wednesday expressed his delight at the development of the Việt Nam–Japan extensive strategic partnership in diverse areas, including at the local level. 

Lawmakers at the ongoing meeting of National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee approved a resolution on Tuesday to clarify vague definitions mentioned in the Law on Planning.

A Senegalese man was arrested at Tân Sơn Nhất Airport for attempting to smuggle nearly 1.6kg of cocaine hidden inside his stomach.

Fifteen minsters and leaders of sectors will field questions from National Assembly (NA) deputies this week at the 36th session of NA Standing Committee.

Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh on Monday hosted a reception for an Indian delegation led by Pallab Sengupta, Politburo member of the Communist Party of India and General Secretary of the All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO).

Lao Động (Labour) newspaper, one of the oldest and most influential newspapers in the Vietnamese revolutionary press, celebrated the 90th anniversary of the publication of its first issue (August 14, 1929) in Hà Nội on Sunday.

The 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions – An Opportunity for Việt Nam to Stand at the Front of Recommitment to International Humanitarian Law

Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng hosted a reception for his Lao counterpart Bounnhang Volachith in Hà Nội on Friday.

Dr. Lê Thị Tuyết Mai, a member of the Executive Board of the Việt Nam Society of International Law, Chair of Việt Nam Lawyers Association Branch at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director General of the Department of International Law and Treaties, wrote an article entitled “UNCLOS 1982: Overarching framework for establishing the legal order for the seas and oceans, promoting development and cooperation at sea".

Over the past five decades, member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have put forward huge efforts to realise the spirit of the 1967 Bangkok Declaration: “For a Southeast Asian region of peace, freedom and prosperity”.

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) has suggested the People’s Procuracy prosecute two suspects for “swindling to appropriate assets” in the case relating to Phan Văn Anh Vũ (also known as Vũ Nhôm), former chairman of Bắc Nam 79 Construction Joint-Stock Company in Đà Nẵng.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Thursday had a working session with the Ministry of National Defence on the management and use of the land for national defence purposes in economic production and building in association with military missions.

The Chinese survey ship that encroached upon Việt Nam’s continental shelf reportedly since early July has been withdrawn, Việt Nam’s authorities confirmed today.

The 2019 Việt Nam’s Dedicated Defence and Security Exhibition and Conference (DSE Việt Nam 2019) will be held for the first time in Hà Nội from October 2 to 4 with the participation of some 200 exhibitors from at home and abroad.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) flag hoisting in Hà Nội on Thursday morning to mark the 52nd anniversary of the grouping.

A representative of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs made contact with China on Wednesday and handed a diplomatic note opposing its military drills in Việt Nam’s Hoàng Sa (Paracel) archipelago area.

Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng hosted receptions in Hà Nội on Wednesday for the new ambassadors of Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Australia, Armenia, Morocco, India, Germany and Malaysia, who came to present their credentials.

The Hà Nội People’s Procuracy has approved a decision to start legal proceedings against three defendants involved in defrauding customers at the Mường Thanh Group’s apartment building project.