Lao PM dialogues with VN investors

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith vowed that his Government would create the most favourable conditions for Vietnamese investors, during his first-ever dialogue with the Vietnamese business community in Laos. 

President calls for deeper Belarus ties

President Trần Đại Quang expressed his joy at the outcomes of talks between the Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Tô Lâm and Chairman of Belarus’s State Security Committee Valery Pavlovich Vakulchik in Hà Nội yesterday.

Most farmers set to receive land tax cuts or exemptions

Most farmers in the country will enjoy either full exemption or a 50-percent reduction in annual agricultural land use tax from 2017, according to a draft proposal on amending the Resolution 55/2010/QH12 on agriculture land use tax.

PM supports trade deal with Uruguay

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said he welcomes Uruguay’s proposal for a free trade agreement (FTA) with Việt Nam during his meeting with visiting Foreign Minister of Uruguay Rodolfo Nin Novoa in Hà Nội yesterday.

VN, Cambodia hasten land border demarcation

The Special Việt Nam-Cambodia Working Group will meet in early November to exactly locate four border markers in the field in Đắk Lắk-Mondulkiri and Tây Ninh-Svay Rieng pair provinces.

Deputy PM greets US business council official

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh has suggested the US-based Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) endorse the early ratification and implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and help Việt Nam carry out the pact effectively.

VN hails China ties: Party official

Việt Nam treasures the friendly neighbourly ties and comprehensive strategic partnership with China, Politburo member and standing member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat, Đinh Thế Huynh, told Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing yesterday.

Mine experts hold meeting in Hà Nội

The Experts’ Working Group on Humanitarian Mine Action of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) convened their fourth conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

VN likely to miss GDP goal: PM

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc is concerned that Việt Nam might fail to achieve its GDP goal of 6.7 per cent this year.

VN leaders hail Cambodian PM’s visit

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng yesterday expressed profound gratitude for Cambodia’s unstinting support to Viet Nam’s past struggles and present development.

 

Former Uruguayan consul reappointed

Nguyễn Việt Loan Foster was recently appointed Honorary Consul of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay for the second time by Uruguayan President Tabaré Vazquez.

Summits to boost int’l Mekong links

A string of summits which aim to further links among Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries will take place in Hà Nội next week, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Party chief: Corruption is national disaster

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng told voters in the capital’s Tây Hồ District yesterday that strengthening the Party and fighting corruption and wastefulness is a key, long-term task.

14th NA convenes 2nd session tomorrow

The second session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) is set to open tomorrow, said Vice Chairman of the NA Office, Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng at a press briefing yesterday.

Việt Nam and US to strengthen ties in national defense

Co-operation in handling the consequences of the American war in Vieät Nam has been one of the highlights in defense co-operation between the two countries, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh, Deputy Minister of Defense, said yesterday.

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