Việt Nam News

The US State Department’s 2016 annual Human Rights report acknowledges some of Việt Nam’s achievements in protecting human rights, but makes biased statements that do not reflect the real situation in the country, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lê Hải Bình said yesterday.

A lack of adequate software is the reason many agencies and airports have become vulnerable to hackers, according to Việt Nam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT).

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân applauded efforts to fight drug crimes and promote people-to-people exchanges with Laos by border guards of the Tây Trang International Border Gate while visiting the northwestern province of Điện Biên on Sunday.

Landlocked developing countries in Euro-Asia yesterday called for greater partnerships and collaboration to develop key infrastructure, facilitate trade and promote regional co-operation.

Việt Nam congratulates Roberto Azevêdo on his re-election as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for the 2017-21 term, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lê Hải Bình said on Thursday.

The National Assembly's Law Committee yesterday convened its fourth plenary session in Hà Nội with debates focusing on examining amendments to drafted Denunciation Law.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh received Nepalese Minister for Commerce Romi Gauchan Thakali in Hà Nội on Thursday, and the two leaders expressed a desire for greater co-operation between their countries.

The Government of Việt Nam attaches great importance to friendly and co-operative relations with the US in a pragmatic manner, on the basis of respect for each other’s political institutions, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told a US business delegation in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Việt Nam will strongly support the activities of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said as he welcomed its president Jin Liqun in Hà Nội.

Local authorities must be held accountable to the Government if they allow rampant crime in their jurisdictions, Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình said yesterday.

UN officials gathered yesterday in Hà Nội to discuss initiatives on trade facilitation for landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) in an effort to realise the UN’s development motto of leaving no one behind.

Vietnamese and Lao legislators shared experience in management decentralisation from central to grassroots levels during a workshop held in Hà Nội yesterday. 

Parliamentarians from Việt Nam and Thailand should step up coordination and exchange, especially at multilateral forums, in order to further bolster links between legislative bodies of the two nations, a Vietnamese law-maker has said.

Senior defence officials of Việt Nam and Myanmar have agreed to continue bolstering defence cooperation between the two countries and making it deeper, more effective and practical in the future.

The top legislators of Việt Nam and Laos have agreed to enhance coordination in implementing effectively cooperation agreements and programmes between the two countries’ legislatures, thus strengthening the bilateral relations in the coming time.

The Vietnamese State and Government will create the best conditions for the country’s army to enhance co-ordination with the Myanmar counterpart to deepen the bilateral friendship and co-operation.

Starting March 10, a number of public administration offices in the capital city will work on Saturday mornings.

Leaders of the National Assembly met in Hà Nội yesterday with female ambassadors and heads of representative offices of international organisations in Việt Nam on the occasion of International Women’s Day (March 8).