Việt Nam News

The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee has decided to dismiss Phan Thị Mỹ Thanh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Đồng Nai Party Committee, from all of her Party positions.

Food hygiene and safety and counterfeit products were top concerns of voters in Mỹ Khánh Commune, Phong Điền District in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cần Thơ during their meeting with National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân yesterday.

Việt Nam treasures its strategic partnership with Japan and considers Japan an important and long-term partner, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

The scientific and revolutionary values of Karl Marx’s ideological heritage, and the significance of Marxism to the world and the Vietnamese revolution, were reiterated at an international scientific workshop held in Hà Nội yesterday, on the occasion of Marx’s 200th birth anniversary (May 5, 1818).

The US State Department’s 2017 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices made some assessments that are not objective and do not correctly reflect the actual situation in Việt Nam, despite the report’s recognition of Việt Nam’s achievements in protecting human rights.

The High-level People’s Court in Hà Nội yesterday upheld the charges and sentences for three former leaders of the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OceanBank) ruled at the first-instance trial for their wrongdoings at the bank.

Members of the National Assembly’s Ethnic Committee gathered on Thursday to discuss progress and problems in developing the country’s regions, which are home to its numerous ethnic groups.

The Vietnamese Government always creates favourable conditions for US enterprises, including JP. Morgan, to do business successfully in the country, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân met with voters in Tân Phú ward, Cái Răng district, in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ yesterday ahead of the fifth meeting of the 14th legislature slated for mid-May. 

The Public Administrative Reform (PAR) Index released yesterday showed Quảng Ninh the top province in terms of administrative reform, sharing the leading position with the State Bank of Việt Nam. Meanwhile, the health ministry and planning ministry dropped rankings.

A tree planting ceremony was held at the national trig point GPS 0001 in Đất Mũi Commune, Ngọc Hiển District, the southernmost province of Cà Mau, yesterday, in the presence of Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân attended a ceremony in the southernmost province of Cà Mau yesterday to inaugurate the Cà Mau Gas Processing Plant (GPP Cà Mau) invested by the PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PVGas).

The Vietnamese Government will create the best possible conditions for US enterprises, all in accordance with domestic and relevant international laws, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ announced yesterday.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Kuwait Nguyễn Hồng Thao was elected Second Vice Chairman of the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) at the commission’s 70th session in New York, the US. 

President Trần Đại Quang has written an article entitled “Upholding the power of national reunification will and aspiration for peace in the cause of national reform, construction and defence” on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of southern liberation and national reunification (April 30).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc held bilateral meetings with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Myanmar President Win Myint on April 28 on the sidelines of the 32nd ASEAN Summit in Singapore.

The 32nd summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) officially opened in Singapore on April 28 morning. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc met Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Singapore yesterday on the sidelines of the 32nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.