Việt Nam News

The 4th ASEAN Chief Justices’ Meeting issued a joint statement yesterday at the end of the one-day event in HCM City

The National Assembly (NA) and Government should take more radical measures to improve the investment climate, fight corruption and ensure food safety, lawmakers said during a plenary session yesterday.

The Communist Party USA always values its traditional bond with the Communist Party of Việt Nam and supports the Vietnamese Party and State’s policy to promote relations between the two nations, said visiting Chairman of the Party John Bachtell.

The National Assembly (NA) agreed to relieve Trương Tấn Sang of the Presidency through secret ballot in the afternoon yesterday.

Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokeswoman Phạm Thu Hằng answered questions regarding citizen protection abroad during a regular press conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh held talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington, DC on March 31 to discuss measures to strengthen the two countries’ comprehensive partnership and prepare for President Barack Obama’s visit to Việt Nam.

 The National Assembly (NA) agreed to let Nguyễn Sinh Hùng step down from his positions as chairman of the NA and the National Election Council (NEC) during a plenary session yesterday.

President Trương Tấn Sang said he hopes the World Bank (WB) will support Việt Nam in coping with the prolonged salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta during a meeting with WB Country Director to Việt Nam Victoria Kwakwa yesterday.

Defence Minister General Phùng Quang Thanh (left) and his Chinese counterpart Chang Wanquan performed the ritual of saluting territorial sovereignty marker 1223 and witnessed a joint patrol of the two countries’ border soldiers at Chi Ma Border Gate in the northern mountainous province of Lạng Sơn yesterday. 

President Trương Tấn Sang asked Russia’s Primorye authorities to enlarge its market and connect with neighbouring regions so that Vietnamese products can gain access to the Far East, during a reception yesterday for the Governor of Primorye Territory Vladimir Miklushevsky.

Despite fruitful efforts to keep the country’s economy afloat for the last five years, the Vietnamese government should reform to make sure orders are carried out more efficiently from the top down, a National Assembly (NA) deputy said yesterday.

The most outstanding imprint left by the 13th National Assembly (NA) during its tenure was the 2013 Constitution, which upholds human rights, citizens’ rights and the rule of law, lawmakers said at the NA session yesterday.

Việt Nam strongly condemns terror attacks on civilians, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lê Hải Bình said yesterday, a day after a bomb blast in Pakistan claimed more than 70 lives and injured hundreds of others.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has urged the industry ministries of Việt Nam and Cambodia to boost their links to support both countries’ businesses in the industry and investment fields. 

President Trương Tấn Sang yesterday hosted a reception for visiting Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavad Lengsavad, where he hailed the guest’s contributions to bilateral collaboration in foreign affairs.

How to ease losses caused by drought and saltwater intrusion that are afflicting the Mekong Delta, south-central and Central Highlands regions dominated the last monthly meeting of the incumbent Government.

Việt Nam wants to co-operate with China to sustain peace and stability in the East Sea on the basis of respecting mutual interests and abiding by international law, Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng said yesterday in a meeting with Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan in Hà Nội.