Việt Nam News

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked leaders of ministries, sectors and localities to pinpoint the weaknesses in dealing with complaints.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the Health Ministry to work with departments and localities to improve workers’ health by establishing a network of hospitals and medical stations near industrial zones.

The Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) will focus its efforts on reforms, striving towards a “contingency of officials with competence, virtue, and reputation befitting their duties.”

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Nguyễn Phú Trọng on Saturday sent a message of condolences to First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee Raul Castro Ruz over the recent plane crash of Cuba’s carrier Cubana de Avicion that killed 107 people. 

The upcoming National Assembly meeting will begin next Monday, May 21 and conclude on June 15, annouce the NA’s Secretary General Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc during a press conference today (May 19).

The People’s Court of Hà Nội on Thursday reached a verdict to punish five con artists from northern province of Lạng Sơn who helped a Chinese national in impersonating police to blackmail people.

A high-level delegation from Cuba’s Young Communist League (UJC) is paying a working visit to Việt Nam to learn about the Southeast Asian country’s youth education and training in an ongoing effort to share knowlege on national development and effective defence strategies.

Vietnamese President Trần Đại Quang has sent a message of condolences to President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas over the deaths and injuries of many Palestinians in the conflict in the Gaza Strip on May 14.

Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyễn Phương Nga, head of the Việt Nam Permanent Mission to the United Nations, deposited with the UN Secretary General Việt Nam’s instrument of ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on May 17, becoming the 10th country ratifying the document.

Government and Party leaders gathered Friday morning in Hà Nội to pay tribute to President Hồ Chí Minh on the 128th anniversary of his birthday.

President Trần Đại Quang hosted Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn, who is in Việt Nam to co-chair the 16th meeting of the Việt Nam-Cambodia Joint Commission on Economic, Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation. 

President Trần Đại Quang hosted separate receptions for Ambassadors of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mozambique and the Republic of Korea (RoK) after receiving their letter of credentials on Thursday.

Việt Nam will send more officers, especially women, to participate in the UN peacekeeping operations, said Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh.

Việt Nam is committed to Open Government Partnership (OPG) as part of its efforts to fight corruption and promote transparency and government accountability, said participants at a conference held in Hà Nôi on May 17 on a study about implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Việt Nam and OPG.

The 16th meeting of the Việt Nam-Cambodia Joint Committee on Economic, Cultural and Scientific-Technological Cooperation was held in Hà Nội on May 17, co-chaired by Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh and Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn

Việt Nam is concerned about escalating tension and violence in the Gaza Strip over recent days, which killed and injured many Palestinians, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said at a regular press briefing on May 17.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Tòng Thị Phóng, yesterday received Vice Chairman of the Lao National Assembly Somphai Phengkhammy, who currently is on an official visit to Việt Nam.

Efforts to stabilise lives, production and businesses in the central provinces affected by the Formosa-related marine environmental incident have paid off, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc at a national conference in Quảng Trị Province on May 17.