Việt Nam News

 The 11th meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee on Cambodia-Laos-Việt Nam (CLV) Development Triangle Area was declared a success in Việt Nam’s southern province of Bình Phước on December 19.

The special relations between Vietnamese and Lao Parties and States hold strategic meaning for peace, stability, co-operation and development in each country, the region and the world.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday discussed potential areas for stepping up bilateral co-operation with Morocco in a meeting in Hà Nội with President of the Moroccan House of Representatives Habib El Malki.

Chairwoman of the Việt Nam National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân hailed the ongoing visit to Việt Nam of General Secretary of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith as an important event in bilateral ties.

The Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) of the Cambodia-Laos-Việt Nam Development Triangle Area (DTA) opened in the southern province of Bình Phước on Tuesday. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hosted a reception for visiting Lao Defence Minister Chansamone Channhalat in Hà Nội yesterday, stressing that the visit continues to help consolidate and boost the Việt Nam-Laos traditional friendship and special solidarity.

Criminal proceedings were initiated against six former officials of Đại Tín Bank (Trust Bank) on Tuesday for allegedly “violating regulations on lending activities of credit institutes.”

The newly-signed agreement between the parliaments of Việt Nam and Morocco is an important legal foundation for the two sides to boost legislative relations as well as partnership in all fields, stated National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân. 

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith arrives in Hà Nội today, starting an official friendly visit to Việt Nam.

President of the Moroccan House of Representatives, Habib El Malki, is paying an official visit to Việt Nam.

Vietnamese businesse see Laos as an attractive destination and will continue to invest in the country despite a slowdown in outbound investment, Planning and Investment Minister Nguyễn Chí Dũng said on Saturday.

National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tòng Thị Phóng has asked concerned agencies to speed up preparations for the 26^th Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26).

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh yesterday lauded proactive engagement and co-operation among all riparian countries at the third Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Mekong-Lancang Co-operation (MLC) held in China.

The Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV)’s Central Committee General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng has asked the Central Military Commission to pay attention to strengthening the Party while preventing “self-evolution” and “self-transformation” behaviour and “peaceful evolution” plots from hostile forces.

Joint efforts by the public security and agriculture ministries over the last two years led to the reinstating of five criminal cases that caused losses of over VNĐ1 trillion (US$44.4 million) to the State.

The Vietnamese Catholic community has contributed greatly to the country’s economy, education, health, culture and social charity works, priest Trần Xuân Mạnh, chairman and General Secretary of the Việt Nam Committee for Catholic Solidarity (VCCS), said at a meeting held on December 14 in HCM City.

The 19th meeting of the 14th National Assembly’s Standing Committee closed on December 14 after three working days.

The Việt Nam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei is actively coordinating with officials from China’s Taiwan to carry out search and rescue activities and provide information on Vietnamese workers trapped in a fire in Taiwan on December 14.