Việt Nam News

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng met Director of the UN Environment Programme Erik Solheim Hà Nội yesterday, during which he proposed the UN programme continue supporting Việt Nam in reviewing, revising and completing laws and policies on environmental issues.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh has highlighted the significance of ensuring peace and stability, including maritime security, as the shared interest of all states in and outside the region.

Vietnamese and Lao female law makers met yesterday in the central city of Đà Nẵng to discuss the role of women in law making.

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security yesterday said that it has issued a temporary detention order for Trịnh Xuân Thanh, former Chairman of the PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC). 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh has stressed the need to boost road, waterway and aviation connectivity in order to fully tap co-operation potential between Mekong nations and India.

The Government of Việt Nam has implemented numerous concrete measures to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh said at a seminar in the Philippines yesterday.

Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, and Laos in Manila on Saturday, on the sidelines of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM 50).

 The foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China officially approved the draft framework of the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) yesterday in Manila, the Philippines. 

ASEAN Foreign Ministers (FMs) have welcomed the initiative to combine ASEAN Community Vision 2025 with the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, saying this should be accorded top priority.

Ambassadors in Việt Nam share their thoughts on ASEAN on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the regional grouping (August 8, 2017) and their visions for its development.

The might of the pen and the paint brush as well as their contributions to the nation’s achievements were lauded by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday.

Resignation submission of officers who are under inspection and punishment consideration is not accepted, according to Law on Officers and Public Servants, said Mai Tiến Dũng, Chairman of the Government Office regarding the resignation letter recently submitted by Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Hồ Thị Kim Thoa.

Việt Nam on Thursday reaffirmed that former political figure Trịnh Xuân Thanh, whom Germany claims was abducted from the country, turned himself in to police in Việt Nam.

The National Assembly’s Committee for Judicial Affairs yesterday continued its sixth plenary session to discuss amendments to Law on Judicial Records.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc voiced his hope for stronger trade and investment ties between Việt Nam and Tanzania while receiving two ministers from the African country in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Committees for External Relations of the National Assemblies of Cambodia, Laos and Việt Nam convened their sixth meeting in Vientiane yesterday to discuss how to intensify the legislatures’ supervision over cooperation initiatives in the development triangle region.

Việt Nam’s Party and Government  always create best possible conditions for the Vietnamese and  Lao defence ministries to promote co-operation for political stability and social order and safety in both nation, said Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng. 

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hồ Thị Kim Thoa has submitted a letter of resignation to the ministry leaders.