Việt Nam News

A working delegation led by head of the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission Trần Quốc Vượng yesterday worked with authorities of northern Thái Nguyên Province to inspect the investigation and prosecution of corruption and economic cases of public concern.

President Trần Đại Quang asked the Air Defence – Air Force Service to continue promoting its core role in intensifying national defence and safeguarding the country while visiting the unit yesterday on the occasion of the 71st August Revolution and National Day (September 2).

Việt Nam acknowledges several adjustments in the US Department of State’s 2015 annual report on international religious freedom, however it still contains several subjective assessments and cites incorrect information about Việt Nam, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lê Hải Bình.

Strengthening established relations with countries is one of the key tasks that the diplomatic sector will take on in the time to come, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh told local media ahead of the 29^th Diplomatic Conference and the 18^th National External Affairs Conference starting tomorrow.

President of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân has suggested the Republic of Korea (RoK) support Việt Nam in infrastructure development and cyber security worker training.

A ship from the Regional Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre No 2 (MRCC Đà Nẵng) rescued and took an ill fisherman to port of Đà Nẵng yesterday.

An official of the Yên Bái Province’s forest ranger team yesterday shot and killed two provincial leaders before turning the gun on himself in a shooting case authorities are calling  “especially serious” and “unprecedented” in the country.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc made a trip to the northern mountainous province of Yên Bái this noon following a shooting targeting two local leaders the same day.

The 14th National Assembly (NA) plans to hold its second session from October 20 to November 18, according to the NA Standing Committee (NASC) yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc underscored the importance of personnel work during a teleconference in Hà Nội yesterday reviewing State administrative reform from 2011-2015.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said he hopes China’s Hong Kong will establish friendly co-operative ties with Vietnamese localities and promote affiliation in investment and trade.

The head of the local forest ranger team shot two provincial leaders and later himself in the northern mountainous Yên Bái Province this morning.

The arbitral ruling last month laid out a historic legal basis for a step closer to resolving territorial disputes in the East Sea (South China Sea), yet it will take patience to expect any breakthroughs on the way, especially a change of view from China, experts have said.

The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC), in a meeting yesterday, agreed with the Government’s proposal to use VND77 billion (US$3.5 million) to pay compensation for local residents who were impacted by the Tả Trạch Hydro Power Reservoir Project.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc congratulated the Vietnamese sports delegation who brought glory to the home country in the Rio Olympics 2016, during a reception in Hà Nội yesterday. 

Providing the foreign Minister, and heads of Supreme People’s Procuracy and Supreme People’s Court with bodyguards was proposed in the draft Law on Guard Force which was discussed in the 14th National Assembly Standing Commitee (NASC) session.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has underscored the need for the central province of Nghệ An to change its thinking about socio-economic development and optimise its strength to grow further.

The Lao National Assembly is seeking closer links in many fields with its Vietnamese counterpart, Lao National Assembly Vice Chairman Somphan Phengkhammy said yesterday in Hà Nội.