Việt Nam welcomes businesses from Nagano of Japan

Việt Nam attaches great importance to enhancing and expanding co-operation with localities of Japan, including Nagano, to further promote the relations between the two countries, said President Trần Đại Quang.

Experts slam Draft Law on Association

Participants at a seminar held last week expressed their concerns about the draft Law of Associations, arguing that it was "a step backward" from existing law and some of its articles were illogical or unclear. They urged authorities to delay passage of the proposed bill, which is set to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration tomorrow.

VN hails role of UN peace keepers

UN peacekeeping operations play an important role in preserving international peace and security, and helping create stable environment for development, the head of the Việt Nam mission to the United Nations said last week at a debate on peacekeeping operations as part of the 71st session of the UN Special Political and Decolonisation Committee.

PM inspects preparations for regional summits

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc visited the National Convention Centre in Hà Nội yesterday to scrutinise preparations for three regional summits that will convene today. 

Lao PM dialogues with VN investors

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith vowed that his Government would create the most favourable conditions for Vietnamese investors, during his first-ever dialogue with the Vietnamese business community in Laos. 

President calls for deeper Belarus ties

President Trần Đại Quang expressed his joy at the outcomes of talks between the Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Tô Lâm and Chairman of Belarus’s State Security Committee Valery Pavlovich Vakulchik in Hà Nội yesterday.

Most farmers set to receive land tax cuts or exemptions

Most farmers in the country will enjoy either full exemption or a 50-percent reduction in annual agricultural land use tax from 2017, according to a draft proposal on amending the Resolution 55/2010/QH12 on agriculture land use tax.

PM supports trade deal with Uruguay

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said he welcomes Uruguay’s proposal for a free trade agreement (FTA) with Việt Nam during his meeting with visiting Foreign Minister of Uruguay Rodolfo Nin Novoa in Hà Nội yesterday.

VN, Cambodia hasten land border demarcation

The Special Việt Nam-Cambodia Working Group will meet in early November to exactly locate four border markers in the field in Đắk Lắk-Mondulkiri and Tây Ninh-Svay Rieng pair provinces.

Deputy PM greets US business council official

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh has suggested the US-based Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) endorse the early ratification and implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and help Việt Nam carry out the pact effectively.

VN hails China ties: Party official

Việt Nam treasures the friendly neighbourly ties and comprehensive strategic partnership with China, Politburo member and standing member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat, Đinh Thế Huynh, told Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing yesterday.

Mine experts hold meeting in Hà Nội

The Experts’ Working Group on Humanitarian Mine Action of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) convened their fourth conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

VN likely to miss GDP goal: PM

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc is concerned that Việt Nam might fail to achieve its GDP goal of 6.7 per cent this year.

VN leaders hail Cambodian PM’s visit

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng yesterday expressed profound gratitude for Cambodia’s unstinting support to Viet Nam’s past struggles and present development.

 

Former Uruguayan consul reappointed

Nguyễn Việt Loan Foster was recently appointed Honorary Consul of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay for the second time by Uruguayan President Tabaré Vazquez.

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