Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng said the intelligentsia play a crucial role in research, feedback and application activities, thus serving the making and implementation of the Party and State’s guidelines and policies as well as socio-economic development.
The Ministry of Public Security has filed an additional charge of “abuse of position and power while on duty” against Phan Văn Anh Vũ, also known as Vũ “Nhôm”, who already faced two charges of “deliberately disclosing state secrets” and “tax evasion”.
The investors’ failure to acquire enough capital for construction works on a critical highway connecting Hà Nội and northern localities has threatened to derail the project, once again calling into question the viability of the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model.
President Trần Đại Quang beat the drum to kick off the Xuân Quê Hương (Homeland Spring) 2018 festival yesterday, welcoming a delegation of overseas Vietnamese (OV) who returned home to enjoy the Vietnamese New Year Tết.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hosted a reception for a delegation of nearly 100 Overseas Vietnamese returning home for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tết) festival as part of the “Homeland Spring 2018” programme.
The People’s Court of Diễn Châu District in the central province of Nghệ An yesterday sentenced 35-year-old Hoàng Đức Bình to seven years in prison on the charge of “resisting on-duty officials” and another seven years for “abusing the rights to democracy and freedom to infringe on the interests of the State and rights and interests of organisations and citizens.”
The Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned Vietnamese citizens not to travel to the Maldives these days as the country declared a 15-day state of emergency starting from February 5 due to a political crisis.
Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyễn Chí Vịnh led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM Retreat) in Singapore yesterday.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called on the Netherlands to continue supporting and cooperating with Việt Nam in the fields of animal husbandry, cultivation, food safety, post-harvest networks and market development.
President Trần Đại Quang presented a Fatherland Defence Order, Third Class, to the People’s Public Security Guard High Command during a ceremony yesterday to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the force’s establishment.
Việt Nam Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh welcomed the Singapore-proposed theme of building a resilient and innovative Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) while addressing the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) in Singapore yesterday.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith co-chaired the 40th meeting of the Việt Nam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee in Vientiane, Laos yesterday.
Deputy Minister of Defence Nguyễn Chí Vịnh had separate meetings with Singaporean and Chinese ministers of Defence Ng Eng Hen and Chang Wanquan respectively on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat yesterday in Singapore.
Trịnh Xuân Thanh, receives a second life sentence for embezzlement of VNĐ14 billion (US$614,600) as well as his ringleader role in a corruption case taking place at the State-owned oil group.
Chinese Ambassador to Việt Nam, Hong Xiaoyong, has been awarded the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations”, the most notable reward of the Việt Nam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), for his contributions to the two countries’ relations.
The second Búa Liềm Vàng (Golden Hammer & Sickle) Press Awards honoured journalists and their work about Party building on Saturday night with six first, eight second, 15 third and 25 consolation prizes.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith yesterday visited telecommunications company Star Telecom, a joint venture between Lao Asia Telecom and Việt Nam’s Viettel Group.
The northern mountainous province of Yên Bái should continue improving its investment environment and promoting the potential of the Mù Cang Chải terraced fields globally, striving to surpass its set targets.
The Prime Ministers of Việt Nam and Laos Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Thongloun Sisoulith attended a ceremony to inaugurate a scientific and technological human resources training centre in Vientiane, Laos yesterday.
Twelve out of 22 defendants in the case of “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences” at PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC), have lodged appeals, two weeks after the Court of Hà Nội declared judgments.
