Việt Nam News

HCM City always respects and treasures the sound relations with Cambodia’s ministries, branches and localities, helping consolidate the traditional neighborly friendship between the two countries, said Permanent Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Lê Thanh Liêm.

HCM City always treasures and will do its utmost to preserve and promote the friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Cambodian localities, including Phnom Penh, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân said.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Tuesday for Myanmar Minister of Border Affairs Ye Aung, who is on a working visit to Việt Nam to enhance co-operation in ethnic affairs.

All nine defendants in the notorious case of the Đà River – Hà Nội water pipe breakdown yesterday received a cumulative 14-year sentence for their wrongdoings, with three defendants receiving probation.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc had a meeting with New Zealand’s Speaker of the House of Representatives Trevor Mallard on March 13, during which both leaders agreed that the two countries’ legislations should maintain traditional cooperation and close coordination at international and regional parliamentary forums.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his New Zealand counterpart, Jacinda Ardern, agreed on major directions to boost future Việt Nam-New Zealand co-operation in all fields during their talks in Auckland, New Zealand, on Tuesday.

Việt Nam and New Zealand on March 13 issued a Joint Statement on advancing the comprehensive partnership toward the strategic partnership during Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc’s official visit to New Zealand on March 11-14. The following is the full text of the joint statement.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc called for enhanced co-operation between Việt Nam and New Zealand in fields of mutual interest, such as education training, organic agriculture, smart agriculture and infrastructure.

The lawmakers should reconsider the feasibility of a draft regulation asking primary school teachers to have university diplomas given that up to 40 per cent of primary teachers currently fail to meet such requirement, the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children (CCEYC) said on Monday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged New Zealand’s Auckland City to expand its co-operation with Việt Nam, especially in economy and trade, contributing to doubling two-way trade between the countries in the time ahead.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc together with his spouse Trần Thị Nguyệt and a high-level delegation left Hà Nội on March 11 to visit New Zealand from March 11-14 at the invitation of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Inviting all Vietnamese citizens to experience the different flavours of Indian culture, cuisine and nature was the theme of a tourism-promotion event that was held by the Consulate General of India in HCM City.

Phú Thọ Province police has begun legal proceedings against Nguyễn Thanh Hoá, former head of the High-tech Crime Police Department, over his alleged role in a major gambling and money laundering case.

President Trần Đại Quang hosted Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, Kang Kyung Wha, in Hà Nội yesterday, expressing his delight at the robust development of bilateral cooperation in a range of areas over the past 25 years, particularly after the two countries raised ties to strategic partnership in 2009.

Relations between New Zealand and Việt Nam are developing from strength to strength and there is significant potential to grow the relationship further, said New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

The 15th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces Informal Meeting (ACDFIM-15), themed “Strengthening Collaboration, Building Resilience”, took place in Singapore on Thursday.  

Administrative reform must be transparent and concrete, and “ambiguous language” that bureaucrats can ‘exploit’ must be absolutely avoided.

The Party Central Committee (PCC)’s Secretariat has asked the government to soon release the inspection results of a VNĐ8.89 trillion (US$395 million) acquisition by communications giant Mobifone.