Việt Nam News

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged the health sector to continue improving the quality of human resources and focusing on improving medical ethics, while enhancing the quality of the country’s population.

The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) opened its 13th session in Hà Nội yesterday with a debate on the revised law on national defence.

President of the National Legislative Assembly of Thailand Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation from the National Legislative Assembly will pay an official visit to Việt Nam from August 13-16.

Việt Nam always attaches importance and prioritises the consolidation and development of good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, and comprehensive, sustainable, long-term cooperation with Cambodia, Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng has said.

The President of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, Trần Thanh Mẫn, met in Vientiane yesterday with top leaders to discuss future cooperation, including infrastructure development at their border and regulations regarding Vietnamese living in Laos.

The Việt Nam National Assembly (NA) will continue its close co-operation with the National Assembly and Senate of Cambodia, Standing Vice Chairwoman of the NA Tòng Thị Phóng said.

Defence Minister Gen. Ngô Xuân Lịch held talks with US Secretary of Defence James Mattis in Washington DC on Tuesday following a welcome ceremony the same day.

The Party’s Central Committee yesterday recommended firing Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hồ Thị Kim Thoa and decided to strip her of her role as a Party representative for various violations when she served as head of the Điện Quang Lamp Joint Stock Company.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his spouse chaired a ceremony in Ha Noi today to mark the 50th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and 22 years of Việt Nam’s accession to the bloc.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a flag-hoisting ceremony in Hà Nội yesterday to mark the 50th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and 22 years of Việt Nam’s membership in the bloc.
 

Việt Nam is committed, along with other member countries, to build an ASEAN Community united and self-reliant, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) today.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng met Director of the UN Environment Programme Erik Solheim Hà Nội yesterday, during which he proposed the UN programme continue supporting Việt Nam in reviewing, revising and completing laws and policies on environmental issues.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh has highlighted the significance of ensuring peace and stability, including maritime security, as the shared interest of all states in and outside the region.

Vietnamese and Lao female law makers met yesterday in the central city of Đà Nẵng to discuss the role of women in law making.

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security yesterday said that it has issued a temporary detention order for Trịnh Xuân Thanh, former Chairman of the PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC). 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh has stressed the need to boost road, waterway and aviation connectivity in order to fully tap co-operation potential between Mekong nations and India.

The Government of Việt Nam has implemented numerous concrete measures to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh said at a seminar in the Philippines yesterday.

Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, and Laos in Manila on Saturday, on the sidelines of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM 50).