Việt Nam News

Việt Nam hopes for continued support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng said during a reception for the fund’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde in Hồ Chí Minh City on March 18.

Yesterday the Presidium of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front held the 2^nd Consultative Conference in the capital city to choose candidates to stand for the 14^th National Assembly

 Việt Nam resolutely rejects and strongly protests China’s actions, and demands that China does not repeat similar actions.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng asks Beán Tre province for short and long term plans to tackle saltwater intrusion

A State ceremony to mark the completion of the border marker planting project along the Việt Nam-Laos border was held in the capital yesterday.

 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wishes to work with Việt Nam in its strongest fields, and pledges to provide addition technical assistance to help the country reach macro-economic stability.

President Trương Tấn Sang had a meeting with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on March 15 as part of his state visit to the Middle Eastern country.

President of the National Assembly of France Claude Bartolone will pay an official visit to Việt Nam in March.

Việt Nam strongly condemned the terror attacks in Ankara, Turkey and Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast, on March 13-14, which took dozens of lives and left over 150 injured.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng visited the Mekong Delta province of Long An yesterday to inspect its performance in socio-economic development, security-defence and Party building.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh and Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolai Patrushev emphasised the need for regional countries to maintain peace and stability, and heighten the role of multilateral co-operation mechanisms and international law in addressing the region’s issues.

Hungary is willing to share its experience and wants to learn from Việt Nam’s experience in justice, thus deepening links between the two countries’ judicial sectors, said Hungarian Minister of Public Administration and Justice, Laszlo Trocsanyi.

President Trương Tấn Sang held meetings with Speaker of the Iranian National Consultative Assembly Ali Larijani and Chairman of the Expediency Council of Iran Rafsanjani on March 14.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc had two busy working days in the northern province of Điện Biên to check the province's preparations for upcoming elections and review local socio-economic situation.

ASEAN defence chiefs stressed the need for building a peaceful environment in the East Sea to promote stability, growth and prosperity in the region at the closing ceremony of the 13th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces Informal Meeting (ACDFIM – 13) in Vientiane, Laos, yesterday.

A foreign ministry's spokesperson said Việt Nam welcomed China’s plan to release water from Jinghong Hydropower Station reservoir into lower Mekong River from March 15 to April 4 to deal with drought in Việt Nam.

President Trương Tấn Sang and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani have agreed to increase the exchange of high-level delegations and meetings between the two countries.

The EU is committed to maintaining the principles of international maritime law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).