Việt Nam News

With its advantages fully recognised, the southern “emerald island” of Phú Quốc off of Kiên Giang Province is set to live up to its title of a special administrative-economic zone.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh has urged businesses and educational establishments of the US State of Utah to expand investment in Việt Nam, especially in transport infrastructure, science, water resources management, sustainable agricultural development, urban planning and climate change response.

Senior government officials from ASEAN member countries, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada and the US participated in a two-day conference on the global synthetic drug problem in Hà Nội.

The Criminal Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security will prosecute Đào Tấn Cường, a resident of Đà Nẵng City’s Hải Châu District, for threatening to murder an official.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng hailed the Central Military Commission for well performing its military and national defence tasks during a conference in Hà Nội on August 29.

State President Trần Đại Quang hailed Austria’s outgoing Ambassador to Việt Nam Thomas Loidl for his efforts to step up bilateral ties and introduce many Austrian businesses to Việt Nam during his reception for the diplomat in Hà Nội yesterday.

Law enforcement representatives from Vietnamese and Cambodian localities sharing the border met in the first judicial conference in Việt Nam’s southern province of Tây Ninh yesterday.

The People’s Procuracy of south-central coastal province of Phú Yên has approved to commence criminal proceedings against a former chief of State-owned shipbuilder Vinashin for his role in a loss-making project which caused a loss of more than VNĐ5 billion (about US$220,000).

The Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) third Senior Officials’ Meeting and related meetings are set to wrap up after more 10 days of meetings. Việt Nam News asks visiting delegates about the organisation of the events and initiatives.

President Trần Đại Quang congratulated outgoing Cuban Ambassador Herminio Lopez Diaz on the latter’s successful term in Việt Nam while receiving the Cuban diplomat in Hà Nội yesterday.

The first deputy foreign minister-level political consultation between Việt Nam and El Salvador took place in Hà Nội yesterday, aiming to seek measures to foster the partnership between the two countries and their foreign ministries.

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday received Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Yang Sung-tae, who is on his first visit to Việt Nam.

Việt Nam’s Golden Book of Creativity 2017, which honours Vietnamese people’s creativity in science-technology, made its debut yesterday in Hà Nội.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng held a meeting with representatives of leading enterprises from Việt Nam and Myanmar in Yangon on August 26 as part of his State visit to Myanmar.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng welcomed the establishment of the Myanmar – Việt Nam Friendship Association in July this year and asked the association to assist with the implementation of bilateral agreements.

Việt Nam and Myanmar issued a joint statement on their comprehensive cooperative partnership on the occasion of Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng’s State visit to Myanmar from August 24 to 26.

With the motto of being a trust-worthy partner and a responsible member of the international community, Việt Nam will continue participating in UNESCO’s work in the hope of making more contributions to the organisation, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said yesterday.