Việt Nam News

Vietnamese citizens at home and abroad are eligible to compete for the third Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award, said Phạm Minh Chính, Politburo member and head of party central committee on organisation, during a press conference yesterday in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam’s aviation infrastructure projects will bring opportunities to Dutch manufacturers, consultants and education centres operating in aviation and space, according to Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân.

The Vietnamese Government hopes to receive further policy evaluations and consultancies from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to restructure the economy, creating momentum for growth, said Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc wants Việt Nam and Belarus to employ measures to raise their trade value from the current US$100 million as there is huge untapped co-operation potential.

Former Politburo member and chairman of the State-owned oil group PetroVietnam (PVN) Đinh La Thăng yesterday received an 18-year sentence for his ‘principal role’ in the notorious OceanBank case that caused losses of VNĐ800 billion (US$34.8 million) to the State budget.

Senior official meetings of the sixth Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS-6) and the 10th Cambodia-Laos-Việt Nam Development Triangle Summit (CLV-10) are scheduled to open in Hà Nội today.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng on Wednesday (local time) laid a floral wreath at the President Hồ Chí Minh Monument in the Hòa Bình (Peace) Park upon his arrival in Havana capital city for a State visit to Cuba. 

President Trần Đại Quang expressed his delight at the development of the Việt Nam-Belarus friendship and co-operation in all fields as he hosted Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Vietnamese Government attaches special importance to extending trade and investment ties with the US, particularly exchanges and partnerships between the two countries’ businesses, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc affirmed.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday visited the traditional Bát Tràng ceramics village in Hà Nội, one of the country’s famous trade villages.

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday had a telephone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, congratulating him on his successful reelection.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc received Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in Hà Nội yesterday.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân has lauded the contributions of the 20,000-strong Vietnamese community in the Netherlands, especially the Vietnamese Association in The Hague, to promoting Việt Nam’s image to the world and social movements at home.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc chaired a rehearsal of activities of the sixth Greater Mekong Sub-region Summit (GMS-6) and the 10th Cambodia-Laos-Việt Nam Development Triangle Summit (CLV-10) in Hà Nội yesterday. 

 Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) of Việt Nam Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân had talks with Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands Khadija Arib in The Hague yesterday (local time). 

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân said she expects that her ongoing official visit to the Netherlands will further deepen the friendship and co-operation between Việt Nam and the European country, and in particular with the Dutch parliament. 

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam’s (CPV’s) Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng and French National Assembly (NA) President Francois de Rugy marked the anniversary of Vietnam-France ties.