Việt Nam News

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh and Laos Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith vowed to reinforce co-operation and solidarity between both ministries and nations during talks yesterday.

A total 496 candidates have been elected to the 14th National Assembly after results of the elections held on May 22 were announced by the National Election Council (NEC) yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday said he was pleased to see the development of the strategic partnership between Japan and Viet Nam while receiving the special advisor to the Japan-Viet Nam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, Tsutomu Takebe, in Ha Noi.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân has asked for the World Bank’s support in policy consultations and called for further funding to help stabilise Việt Nam’s economy.

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday had separate meetings with French and Indian defence ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian and Manohar Parrika who are on official visits to Việt Nam.

Prime Minster Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday presented Decision 1528/QĐ-TTg, that provides some specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Lâm Đồng province, especially Đà Lạt city, to the provincial administration.

The southern province of Tây Ninh needs proper strategies to fully tap its potential and advantages for socio-economic development, Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng said during his two-day working trip to the locality which ended yesterday.

 Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Nguyễn Chí Vịnh called on nations to increase cooperation to settle differences and prevent conflicts while delivering a speech at the fourth plenary session of the 15th Shangri-La Dialogue concluded in Singapore yesterday.

A total of 62 provinces and cities across the country have announced the results of voting for provincial and city people councils 2016-2020, the National Election Council has said.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Đinh Thế Huynh asked the Japanese Ambassador to Việt Nam to continue working closely with Vietnamese agencies and localities to strengthen multifaceted cooperation between the two countries. 

Deputy Prime Miniser Trịnh Đình Dũng held bilateral talks with Malaysian PM Najib Razak, World Economic Forum (WEF) Managing Director Philipp Roesler, and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Stephen Groff in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The 12th ASEAN – China senior officials’ meeting on the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) will take place in Việt Nam’s Hạ Long City on June 9.

Cabinet members yesterday focussed their discussions on the country’s socioeconomic performance for the first five months of 2016 in general, and for May, in particular.

Sweden will continue to maintain a strong relationship with Việt Nam, which was forged nearly five decades ago.

The completion of institutions, not socio-economic issues as usual, was the first issue to be discussed at the Cabinet’s regular meeting which was opened in Hà Nội yesterday. 

Việt Nam and Cambodia have agreed to fully and effectively actualise protocols on defence cooperation in order to enhance mutual understanding and trust, ensure a peaceful and stable environment for their economic development and foil plots to weaken their relations.

The Vietnamese Government supports the co-operation between the Vietnamese and Lao Ministries of Justice, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.