Việt Nam News

The UK will continue supporting the Việt Nam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) even after it leaves the European Union.

A string of summits which aim to further links among Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries will take place in Hà Nội next week, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

President Trần Đại Quang has urged Hà Nội to train its regular and elite forces toward a robust, modern fighting capacity.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng told voters in the capital’s Tây Hồ District yesterday that strengthening the Party and fighting corruption and wastefulness is a key, long-term task.

The second session of the 14^th National Assembly (NA) is set to open tomorrow, said Vice Chairman of the NA Office, Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng at a press briefing yesterday.

Co-operation in handling the consequences of the American war in Vieät Nam has been one of the highlights in defense co-operation between the two countries, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh, Deputy Minister of Defense, said yesterday.

The economic growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2016 must be much higher than that of previous months in order to achieve GDP growth set for this year, the Government reported to the National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) yesterday.

President Trần Đại Quang (3rd from left) led a high-ranking delegation of Việt Nam’s State, National Assembly and Government to the Thai Embassy in Hà Nội yesterday to pay respects to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. 

Voters in Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm and Ba Đình districts contributed their opinions on a range of issues such as rural construction, environmental protection and Party building at a meeting with Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng yesterday.

Việt Nam attaches great importance to comprehensive co-operation with Chile, the first country in the Western Hemisphere to sign the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Việt Nam, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Phạm Bình Minh said yesterday.

Renewing management mechanisms and reducing the number of employees on the State payroll are needed to replace incompetent civil servants with qualified ones, said Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Trần Anh Tuấn.

Renewing the growth model to one propelled by economic productivity and competitiveness was a key task set by the 12th Party Central Committee during its six-day fourth plenary meeting that concluded on October 14.

President Trần Đại Quang, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân on Friday sent their condolences to Thailand over the death of King Bhumibol Abdulyadej.

Việt Nam has been making practical contributions to turning the Mekong sub-region into a dynamic and prosperous economic area via CLMV and ACMECS cooperation frameworks.

Việt Nam’s representative agencies in the Republic of Korea (RoK), China and Malaysia have been working to provide protection services for Vietnamese nationals in the countries as reported by Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Lê Hải Bình during a regular press conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

Poland wants stronger ties between Việt Nam and the European Union, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Joanna Wronecka said yesterday. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said yesterday that Việt Nam attaches great importance to expanding exchanges and co-operation between localities of Việt Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

"Việt Nam welcomes investors from Switzerland," Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said.