Việt Nam News

Infringements and defects committed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Party Civil Affairs Committee and individuals involved in the Formosa fish deaths were serious and must be punished, announced the Central Inspection Commission.

Co-operation among Vietnamese and Russian localities plays an important role in the development of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, as agreed by National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân and Chairwoman of Russia’s Federal Council Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko. 

Hà Nội People’s Court yesterday handed two death penalties and a life sentence in one of the biggest corruption cases in Việt Nam’s history.

Chairwoman of Russia’s Federal Council Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko has told Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng that her country will do everything possible to develop the comprehensive strategic partnership with Việt Nam.

Việt Nam and Israel should promote cooperation in technology transfer and research & development, said President Trần Đại Quang at a reception for Chairman of the IMI Systems Ltd from Israel Yitzhak Aharonovitch in Hanoi on February 21.

The National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday debated budgetary allocations to implement a national programme on building new-style rural areas in the Mekong Delta region between 2016 and 2020.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau should develop agriculture, forestry and fisheries with a focus on shrimp farming and processing, and sea- and forest-based economic activities, Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng said yesterday at a meeting with provincial officials.

Việt Nam’s Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said yesterday that ASEAN should focus more on improving the quality of people’s lives, ensuring that all benefit equally from the building of the ASEAN Community.

More than 100 delegates from 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and experts from a number of international financial organisations attended a seminar on disaster risk financing and insurance policies in Nha Trang City yesterday.

Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko, President of the Russian Federal Council, stated that Russia aims  to continue to strengthen friendship and cooperation between the two legislatures of Russia and Việt Nam.

Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will pay a State visit to Việt Nam for the first time, from February 28-March 5.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh yesterday sent a letter of condolence to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov over the death of Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Perfecto Yasay agreed to hasten the approval of the Viet Nam-Philippines action programme for 2017-2022 to forge stronger bilateral cooperation. 

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng has asked the Mekong Delta province of Bạc Liêu to focus on developing hi-tech agriculture and a sea-based economy.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his hope that Morocco would expand multifaceted cooperation with ASEAN, including Việt Nam.

The National Assembly Standing Committee was attempting to go against the congressional vote earlier in which juveniles will be fully subject to criminal charges for rape, deliberately injuring people or kidnapping.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday acknowledged that a holder of Vietnamese passport was arrested in Malaysia for her alleged involvement in the murder of a North Korean citizen Kim Chol.

Regional connectivity should be strengthened to work out more initiatives on coping with the “new norm of natural disasters” facing the APEC members, a Vietnamese official said yesterday.