Việt Nam News

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, and General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos, Bounnhang Vorachith, attended an exhibition featuring Việt Nam-Laos relations in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy has pronounced the second verdict charging former director of Đà River Pipeline project Hoàng Thế Trung for “violating construction regulations and cause serious consequences.”

Some 20 government officials have received penalties for slacking off in managing the activities of Mường Thanh Group, chairman of Hà Nội People’s Committee, said.

The special relations between Vietnamese and Lao Parties and States hold strategic meaning for peace, stability, co-operation and development in each country, the region and the world.

Việt Nam is ready to contribute more to United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations, said Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyễn Chí Vịnh.

 The 11th meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee on Cambodia-Laos-Việt Nam (CLV) Development Triangle Area was declared a success in Việt Nam’s southern province of Bình Phước on December 19.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday discussed potential areas for stepping up bilateral co-operation with Morocco in a meeting in Hà Nội with President of the Moroccan House of Representatives Habib El Malki.

Chairwoman of the Việt Nam National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân hailed the ongoing visit to Việt Nam of General Secretary of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith as an important event in bilateral ties.

The Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) of the Cambodia-Laos-Việt Nam Development Triangle Area (DTA) opened in the southern province of Bình Phước on Tuesday. 

Criminal proceedings were initiated against six former officials of Đại Tín Bank (Trust Bank) on Tuesday for allegedly “violating regulations on lending activities of credit institutes.”

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hosted a reception for visiting Lao Defence Minister Chansamone Channhalat in Hà Nội yesterday, stressing that the visit continues to help consolidate and boost the Việt Nam-Laos traditional friendship and special solidarity.

The newly-signed agreement between the parliaments of Việt Nam and Morocco is an important legal foundation for the two sides to boost legislative relations as well as partnership in all fields, stated National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân. 

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith arrives in Hà Nội today, starting an official friendly visit to Việt Nam.

President of the Moroccan House of Representatives, Habib El Malki, is paying an official visit to Việt Nam.

Vietnamese businesse see Laos as an attractive destination and will continue to invest in the country despite a slowdown in outbound investment, Planning and Investment Minister Nguyễn Chí Dũng said on Saturday.

National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tòng Thị Phóng has asked concerned agencies to speed up preparations for the 26^th Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26).

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh yesterday lauded proactive engagement and co-operation among all riparian countries at the third Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Mekong-Lancang Co-operation (MLC) held in China.

The Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV)’s Central Committee General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng has asked the Central Military Commission to pay attention to strengthening the Party while preventing “self-evolution” and “self-transformation” behaviour and “peaceful evolution” plots from hostile forces.