Việt Nam News

Trịnh Xuân Thanh, former Chairman of the state-run PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC), gave himself up to the Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public after nearly one year of evading international arrest warrant, the ministry announced yesterday.

The Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security yesterday decided to prosecute six people charged with planning to overthrow the administration in Hà Nội and some other localities.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Lê Thị Thu Hằng yesterday stressed that oil and gas exploration and exploitation activities were being carried out by Việt Nam in waters completely under its sovereignty.

The Shah Alam High Court of Malaysia announced on Friday that the trial of Vietnamese citizen Đoàn Thị Hương and Indonesian citizen Siti Aisyah, the suspects in the murder of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) citizen Kim Chol, will last for 23 days, till the end of this November.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said on Thursday that Việt Nam would create “all favourable conditions” for Malaysian businesses to invest in the country.

Mozambique Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario will pay an official visit to Việt Nam from July 31 to August 3.

Plans to strengthen cooperation between Việt Nam and Israel were discussed at the second meeting of the Vietnam-Israel Intergovernmental Committee for Economics, Science and Technology held this week in Tel Aviv.

Việt Nam and New Zealand on Thursday affirmed their determination to raise two-way trade to US$1.7 billion by 2020 during Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ’s working visit to New Zealand.

A grand ceremony was held on Thursday morning to honour and commemorate fallen soldiers, war invalids and others who devoted their lives to national freedom.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ arrived in Wellington yesterday, starting his three-day official visit to New Zealand at the invitation of his counterpart Paula Bennett.

Nat­ional Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân visited and presented gifts to policy beneficiary families in HCM City’s outlying district of Củ Chi yesterday on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27). 

Việt Nam and Australia yesterday agreed on measures to reinforce their comprehensive partnership in politics, economy-trade, agriculture, development assistance, education-training, science-technology-renovation, tourism and people-to-people contacts.
 

Việt Nam wishes to strengthen partnership with Russia in an extensive and effective manner to bring benefits to both countries, stated President Trần Đại Quang at a reception for visiting Secretary of the Security Council of Russia General Nikolai Patrushev in Hà Nội yesterday. 

The People’s Court of the northern province of Hà Nam on Tuesday gave a jail sentence of nine years to Trần Thị Nga convicted of conducting anti-State propaganda. The court also imposed five years of house arrest to be served following the prison term.

Central Nghệ An Province Police on Monday detained Lê Đình Lượng of Yên Thành District for allegedly carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s government.

Party Secretary General Nguyễn Phú Trọng yesterday hailed the on-going visit by the Bangladeshi Parliament Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury a significance to the bilateral relationship.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc toured a variety of pilot projects in the central province of Ha Tinh yesterday, praising their success and urging authorities to replicate these models to improve incomes and services.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Saturday attended a meeting reviewing the 20-year implementation of policies towards revolutionary contributors in the central province of Quảng Nam, home to the biggest number of contributors in Việt Nam.