Việt Nam News

President Trần Đại Quang on Saturday met with former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who helped Cambodia overthrow the genocidal Pol Pot regime and rebound from the years of its tyranny.

Việt Nam hopes to strengthen trust with China, improving the two countries’ co-operation in sustaining peace and stability in the East Sea (South China Sea) based on respect for each other’s interests and international law, Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng told the Chinese Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Fan Chang Long, yesterday.

More than 80 per cent of National Assembly deputies yesterday voted to approve the amended Law on Railways.

Secretary of HCM City Party Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân has expressed his hope that the traditional co-operation and solidarity between Cuba and HCM City will be further strengthened and expanded.

The third session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) spent the entire Friday morning discussing the (revised) draft Law on Public Debt Management, for the first time.

A joint declaration on sustainable tourism among Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) members economies including proposals and directions for future development in the region would be issued by the end of the a high-level policy dialogue to be held on Monday in the northeastern province of Quảng Ninh.

China needs to act responsibly and constructively to maintain peace and stability in the region and the East Sea on the basis of international law, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said on Thursday.

The President of the Senate of the Republic of Haiti, Youri Latortue, will pay an official visit to Việt Nam from June 17 to 22 at the invitation of National Assembly Chairwoman, Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình on Thursday said the Government would not use the State budget to settle the debts caused by 12 major projects operated poorly.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has acknowledged the Government’s responsibility in the slow budget disbursement for public investment, saying “we have the money, but we are unable to spend it.”

Việt Nam and Russia agreed to maintain and promote dynamic bilateral cooperation in all sectors, especially in trading and economic sector, aiming at bilateral trade turnover reaching US$10 billion by 2020.

Algeria and North Africa are important areas to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Vietnamese audiences, VNA Director General Nguyễn Đức Lợi said during talks with the Director General of Algeria Press Service (APS) Abdelhamid Kacha in Hà Nội yesterday.

 Measures to improve the efficiency of medical check-ups and treatment, along with the State management of drug prices and provisions at medical facilities and investment in grassroots healthcare to reduce the overload at central-run hospitals were among issues addressed by Minister of Health, Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến at a Q&A session yesterday.

The Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Korea yesterday affirmed that the country cherishes its relations with Việt Nam and wants to advance ties further.

Authorities have begun investigation to determine whether criminal offences were committed in the Đồng Tâm incident where several civil servants and police personnel were held hostage by commune residents last April.

A revitalised Government is necessary but not enough to achieve targeted economic breakthroughs. Only a thorough reform of the whole political system can do it, experts said at a conference yesterday.

Deputy prime ministers and ministers were answering questions put to them yesterday by the country’s lawmakers on issues including agricultural restructuring, cultural activity management and tourism quality enhancement.

A Việt Nam – Cuba friendship meeting was held in the capital city of Hà Nội yesterday as part of the ongoing eight-day visit of a high-ranking delegation from the Cuban National Assembly led by Chairman Esteban Lazo Hernandez.