Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh addressed a high-level segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York on Monday (local time), emphasising the need for a paradigm shift in development thinking.
The Hồ Chí Minh City People’s Court yesterday opened the first trial on a corruption case involving over VNĐ9 trillion (US$405 million) and the Việt Nam Construction Bank (VNCB), the largest economic loss caused by corruption ever recorded in the country.
The 14th National Assembly will convene its first session in Hà Nội from July 20 to 29, Vice Secretary General of the NA, Lê Minh Thông, told a press conference in the capital yesterday.
The National Election Council (NEC) held a conference in Hà Nội yesterday to summarise the results of the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and the People’s Councils at all levels for 2016-2021.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Slovakian counterpart Robert Fico agreed on measures to step up cooperation between the two countries during their talks in Hà Nội yesterday.
The Vietnam News Agency on July 18 refuted untruthful coverage by the Chinese press regarding the East Sea issue, which was discussed at a meeting between Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Ulan Bator, Mongolia on July 14.
The National Election Council (NEC) convened its eighth session, an unwonted one, in Hà Nội yesterday, headed by National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, head of the council.
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico began his official visit to Việt Nam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday.
Colombia regards Việt Nam as a key partner in Southeast Asia and wants to enhance win-win co-operation between the two countries.
The National Election Council (NEC) convened its seventh session - its last plenary meeting - in Hà Nội yesterday under the chair of National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, head of the council.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has emphasised connections as a major focus of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) nations, during the 11th ASEM Summit that opened in Ulan Bator, Mongolia yesterday.
Party Secretary General Nguyễn Phú Trọng has urged the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu to develop agro-forestry towards industrialisation and modernisation.
Vietnamese leaders extend condolences to their French counterparts over the widespread loss of life in a terrorist attack in Nice late on July 14.
The Prime Ministers of Việt Nam and Laos yesterday reached a high consensus on the work to continue cementing, maintaining, and ratcheting up special solidarity and comprehensive co-operation between the two countries during their meeting in Ulan Bator, Mongolia.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân yesterday hosted a reception for Danish Ambassador Charlotte Laursen and outgoing Swedish Ambassador Camilla Mellander.
A national symposium on the role of the Resolution of the 12th National Party Congress in national security and defence and in the building of the People’s Armed Forces was held in the capital city yesterday.
Việt Nam once again asserts that it has sufficient legal grounds and historical evidence affirming its sovereignty over Hoàng Sa (Paracel) and Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes, Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Lê Hải Bình said yesterday.
President Trần Đại Quang hosted a reception in Hà Nội yesterday for former Chilean President Eudardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle who now serves as Ambassador for the Asia-Pacific region.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc joined world leaders at the 15th Asia-Europe Business Forum (AEBF) in Mongolia’s capital Ulan Bator yesterday, asking for high resolve to promote Asia-Europe co-operation and integration.
