Việt Nam News

Việt Nam attaches importance to Pan-Tonkin Gulf economic cooperation and wants to enhance partnerships between ASEAN countries and China, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyễn Hồng Trường has said at a forum in China’s Nanning City.

Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Vũ Hồng Nam paid a working visit to Myanmar on May 25-26 in an effort to strengthen cooperation between the countries, as well as between the two foreign ministries.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, who is also head of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-corruption (CSCA), has signed a decision establishing seven working groups in charge of inspecting the investigation and judgment of serious corruption and economic cases of public concern.

The 6th ASEAN-China Defense Ministers’ Informal Meeting took place in Vientiane, Laos, as part of the 10th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM).

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region should increase co-operation to ensure security and maintain peace, stability and prosperity, President Trần Đại Quang said during a recent interview with Russian news agency TASS.

President Trần Đại Quang lauded the contributions made by Australian Ambassador Hugh Borrowman to deepening the comprehensive partnership between Việt Nam and Australia, when he bid farewell to him in Hà Nội yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc attended the Việt Nam-Japan high-level economic policy dialogue yesterday, right after his arrival in Nagoya city, in Japan’s Aichi prefecture.

The 48th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee opened yesterday. 

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday spoke about the importance of the younger generation to the future success of Việt Nam and the region at a town hall meeting with 800 members of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) at the GEM Center in HCM City.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc expressed hope that his visit to Japan on May 26-28 will create new impetus to further strengthen the relationship between Việt Nam and Japan. Strong co-operation is in the interests of the two countries’ people, and for peace, stability and development in the region and the world, he said.

The Japanese Government yesterday announced emergency aid worth US$2.5 million for Việt Nam to address drought and saltwater intrusion consequences in the central and Mekong Delta regions since late 2014 due to the effects of El Niño.

US President Barack Obama is convinced that Việt Nam and the US can show the world how human dignity can be advanced in cooperation, not in conflicts.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh had talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Joint Statement Between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

"Big nations should not bully smaller ones. Disputes should be resolved peacefully," US President Barack Obama told a 4,000 strong audience of young students, intellectuals and businesspeople while discussing the tense dispute in the South China Sea, in his speech here today.

The National Election Council (NEC)’s Office claimed more than 65.5 million voters nationwide or 98.77 percent of the electorate went to the polls by 10pm Sunday to elect deputies to the 14th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils for 2016-2021.

The US is fully lifting its fifty-year old arms embargo on Việt Nam, announced US President Barack Obama yesterday.