Việt Nam News

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc congratulated Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the removal of the international sanctions and the nuclear deal secured with world powers, saying the developments opened up great co-operation opportunities for Việt Nam and Iran.

Việt Nam attaches great importance to developing broad relations with Sweden, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told Swedish Trade Minister Ann Linde and a delegation of Swedish businesses in Hà Nội yesterday.

Legislators yesterday provided the Government with feedback on the draft Law on Support for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), urging the drafter to ensure it was consistent with other relevant legislation.

President Trần Đại Quang and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani reached agreement yyesterday on tightening political liniks between their two countries and expanding their collaboration on economic, cultural and scientifc-technological affairs.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng and his Lao counterpart Sonsay Siphandone pledged to give the highest priority to fostering traditional friendship and special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos during their talks in Vientiane  yesterday.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday started a three-day State-level visit to Việt Nam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Trần Đại Quang. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc urged Vĩnh Bảo District in the northern port city of Hải Phòng to exert all-out efforts to become a new-style rural district soon.

Members of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Assembly (NA) discussed a report on the NA’s supervision over the national target programme on new-style rural area building during their meeting yesterday.

Experts from Việt Nam and the European Union (EU) shared their experiences in ensuring human rights while implementing the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT) during a workshop held in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ on Monday.

President Trần Đại Quang welcomed Hitoshi Kato, President of the Japan-Việt Nam Friendship Association of Sakai yesterday.

Việt Nam’s legislators were told yesterday that provincial and district leaders are not meeting with citizens as often as they should, leading to a decline in the number of complaints against agencies and institutions.

Việt Nam regards South Africa as its leading partner in Africa and wishes to develop with it a “partnership for co-operation and development”, President Trần Đại Quang said. He spoke at a reception for visiting South African Vice President Cyril Ramaphosa in Hà Nội yesterday.

Cabinet members sought ways to achieve an economic growth target of 6.3-6.5 per cent in 2016 during the second working day of the Government’s monthly meeting in Hà Nội yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday welcomed the new Country Director of World Bank (WB), Ousmane Dione, to Việt Nam, saying that the WB played an important role in the development of Việt Nam.

President Trần Đại Quang confirmed the strong commitment of the State in fighting corruption during the second day of his meeting with voters in HCM City yesterday.

China’s election of deputies to the People’s Congress in the so-called Sansha city illegally built by the country and the illegal patrol in the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Archipelago area are serious violations of Việt Nam’s sovereignty, Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Lê Hải Bình said yesterday. 

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) yesterday proposed eliminating a ban on business services offered online or via communication networks without getting prior permission.

Việt Nam and South Africa have agreed to enhance their traditional friendship and multi-faceted co-operation, particularly in politics, trade, justice, science-technology, and defence.