Việt Nam News

The traditional ties between Việt Nam and India are developing in a range of areas, from cooperation in defence-security to trade and investment to people-to-people exchanges, Indian Ambassador to Việt Nam Parvathaneni Harish said at a seminar on the prospects of bilateral ties in Hà Nội yesterday.

APEC disaster officials were working on a recommendation to the leaders of member economies to apply more advanced technology in disaster prevention given the extreme weather the region has been facing.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has called on the Slovakian government to continue creating ideal conditions for Vietnamese businesses in Slovakia and to ensure equality for Vietnamese workers there.

Top lawmakers yesterday discussed expanding the scope of the Law on Anti-Corruption to the non-State sector.

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee yesterday discussed improving the cross-border transportation of goods as Việt Nam continues to forge deeper ties with its regional neighbours.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called on the World Bank (WB) to intensify its mobilisation of capital from international donors for projects that meet Việt Nam’s development investment needs.

The APEC 2017 National Committee convened its ninth meeting in Hà Nội yesterday under the chair of its President, Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh.

Việt Nam wants to attract more investment from the US, especially in finance, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told former US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who is President of Warburg Pincus, during a reception in Hà Nội yesterday.

Việt Nam proposed a resolution on strengthening intra-regional cooperation to build an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) of equal development and inclusive growth.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc stated that Party, State and Government leaders of Việt Nam and Laos have always paid special attention to border and territory-related issues between the two countries.

Bribery in the form of giving Government officials gifts is getting more and more complicated and artful, with recipients only giving back the gifts if they’re caught, head of the National Assembly’s Legal Committee Lê Thị Nga told a session devoted to the Government’s report on anti-corruption measures.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân hailed the progress made in Việt Nam-China co-operation while receiving Liu Yunshan, Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Tuesday.

Belgian leaders told Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ that they attach importance to the relationship between the two countries as well as Việt Nam’s important position in EU-ASEAN ties.

President Trần Đại Quang has granted the media an interview on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Việt Nam’s accession to the United Nations (UN) (September 20, 1977-2017).

The stability and development of Việt Nam – Laos border areas will contribute to strengthening solidarity between the two countries’ people and boosting social, economic and cultural development in border localities, said Deputy Foreign Minister Lê Hoài Trung.

If the Law on Planning is not passed during the next session of the National Assembly (NA), many opportunities would be missed, as the law relates to the establishment of a planning strategy for the next five years, NA Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân said at a meeting yesterday.

Chairman of the Đà Nẵng People’s Council and Party Central Committee member, Nguyễn Xuân Anh, has been found to ‘hold the main responsibility’ for multiple violations by the People’s Council Standing Committee during the 2015-20 tenure, the Central Inspection Commission said yesterday in a report following a four-day meeting.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng has assured Liu Yunshan, Politburo Standing Committee member and Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, that Việt Nam attaches importance to ties with China.