Việt Nam, Cambodia news agencies urged to promote cooperation

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has pledged that the Party, State and Government of Việt Nam support efforts by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Cambodia’s news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) to further bolster their cooperation in the future.

Prime Minister hosts Hungarian, Japanese ambassador

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said the upcoming visit to Việt Nam by Hungarian PM Viktor Orban is an important event that will open up many cooperation opportunities for the two countries with a range of agreements due to be signed.

MoF responsible for public debt management: NASC

Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) have proposed that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) be the main agency responsible for assisting the Government in the management of public debt, instead of three bodies as currently stipulated in law.

Trip to China

General Director of the Vietnam News Agency Nguyễn Đức Lợi (left) leads a high-level delegation of Việt Nam to meet with Secretary of the Shanghai City Party Committee Han Zheng yesterday in China to share experience in building a Communist party and political system.

VN, Japan archive agencies sign MoC

A memorandum of co-operation (MoC) was signed on Tuesday between the State Records Management and Archives Department of Việt Nam and the National Archives of Japan.

PM wants Brazil to invest more in VN

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes Ferreira both expressed their hope that more Vietnamese and Brazilian firms would invest in each other’s countries.

VN, Russia aim for $10b trade in 2020

Việt Nam and Russia have agreed to effectively implement the Việt Nam-Eurasian Economic Union Free Trade Agreement in order to create breakthroughs in economic, trade and investment ties between the two countries, gearing towards bilateral trade of US$10 billion in 2020.

VN, Serbia aim to bolster trade ties

Việt Nam is consistent in its employment of multilateral and multifaceted diplomacy to enhance traditional partnerships with Balkan States, including Serbia, stated Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Prompt probe urged in Taiwan death

The Việt Nam Economic and Cultural Office (VECO) in Taipei, Taiwan, is coordinating with local agencies on the investigation into the shooting death of a Vietnamese citizen, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said on Thursday.

Top legislator hails relations with Egypt

Việt Nam treasures and wishes to promote friendship co-operation with Egypt, especially in politics-diplomacy, culture, sports, tourism, and education-training, said National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân.

Việt Nam, Egypt strive for $1 billion in trade

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said he will instruct Vietnamese agencies to work with their Egyptian counterparts to hasten the implementation of commitments reached by the two countries’ leaders, aiming to increase bilateral trade to US$1 billion.

VN, S Africa seek expanded ties

Việt Nam attaches great importance to the traditional friendship with South Africa, the only African country with which it has a partnership for cooperation and development, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh said yesterday in Ha Noi during talks with South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.

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