Việt Nam News

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday welcomed the signing of several cooperation agreements at the fifth ministerial conference on anti-crime cooperation in Hanoi between the public security ministries of Việt Nam and China.

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Roa Duterte will pay an official visit to Việt Nam on September 28-29, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh has affirmed the country’s all-out effort to ensure people’s right to development while addressing the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development.

Complaints and denunciations sent to state administrative agencies have tended downward in 2016 compared to last year, Deputy Inspector General of the Government Inspectorate Đặng Công Huẩn reported.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh and US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed on the need for Việt Nam and the United States to strengthen ties.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has emphasised the need for Cambodia and Việt Nam to intensify information sharing to develop relations.

The draft Law on Associations sat at the top agenda of the National Assembly Standing Committee members on the last working day of their third session yesterday.

Việt Nam and Denmark should maintain co-operation in legislative affairs and policy making in order to tighten the relations between the two legislative bodies and their offices, National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tòng Thị Phóng has stated.

Việt Nam is co-operating with international bodies on the case of Trịnh Xuân Thanh, who has been issued with an international arrest warrant over massive US$147 million losses incurred by a company he once chaired, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokeman Lê Hải Bình said yesterday.

The abuse of appointment procedures to promote officials who lack practical experience needs to be resolved, the National Assembly Standing Committee said yesterday.

Việt Nam wishes to boost its multi-faceted cooperation with the Netherlands, considering this an example of its dynamic and effective relations with a European nation, President Trần Đại Quang stated while hosting Dutch Ambassador Nienke Trooster yesterday.

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Việt Nam appointed the Central Committee of the Police's Party for the 2015-2020 tenure, naming Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng among them.

Enhancing the application of military science is an important task in the present context, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said. 

The Law on State Compensation Liability should clarify damages and determine the level of compensation while simplifying procedures and shorten the time of resolution.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the southernmost province of Cà Mau to devise effective measures for comprehensive reform to make the locality rise strongly in the Mekong Delta region.

Chairman of the Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân has urged the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) to improve its quality and role to better protect the interest of workers ahead of pressure from new free trade agreements.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has proposed the World Health Organisation (WHO) increase technical and financial assistance for Việt Nam, particularly in building healthcare policies and in the preparation and adaptation to public health issues.

National Assembly Vice Chairman Uông Chu Lưu has asked the Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs of the Czech Republic’s Senate to work closely with the Vietnamese NA’s Law Committee to continue building cooperation programmes in law-building and supervision.