Việt Nam News

The visits to Brunei and Singapore by President Trần Đại Quang, which start today, aim to realise foreign policy goals set by the 12th Party Congress and deepen relations with the two ASEAN countries. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC) to help Vietnamese enterprises improve their competitiveness and advise his Government on steering national development in a meeting yesterday.

President Trần Đại Quang has urged Vietnamese representative offices abroad to continue prioritising matters that serve Việt Nam’s sustainable development and raise the country’s standing in the world arena.

President Trần Đại Quang and Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc have hailed contributions made by the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) to improving the investment climate in Việt Nam and advancing the strategic partnership between the two countries across sectors.

The promotion of international economic integration is a focal task of the diplomatic sector, and external activities in other spheres must facilitate economic diplomacy, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said at the ongoing 29th Diplomatic Conference yesterday.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân hosted separate receptions for New Zealand Ambassador Haike Manning and Philippine Ambassador Noel Servigon in Hà Nội yesterday.

President Trần Đại Quang will pay official visits to Brunei and Singapore from August 26 to August 30, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.

The 29th Diplomatic Conference opened in Hà Nội yesterday with the purpose of seeking measures to increase the efficiency of external activities and international integration to successfully realise the 12th National Party Congress resolution.

A working delegation led by head of the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission Trần Quốc Vượng yesterday worked with authorities of northern Thái Nguyên Province to inspect the investigation and prosecution of corruption and economic cases of public concern.

President Trần Đại Quang asked the Air Defence – Air Force Service to continue promoting its core role in intensifying national defence and safeguarding the country while visiting the unit yesterday on the occasion of the 71st August Revolution and National Day (September 2).

Việt Nam acknowledges several adjustments in the US Department of State’s 2015 annual report on international religious freedom, however it still contains several subjective assessments and cites incorrect information about Việt Nam, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lê Hải Bình.

Strengthening established relations with countries is one of the key tasks that the diplomatic sector will take on in the time to come, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh told local media ahead of the 29^th Diplomatic Conference and the 18^th National External Affairs Conference starting tomorrow.

President of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân has suggested the Republic of Korea (RoK) support Việt Nam in infrastructure development and cyber security worker training.

A ship from the Regional Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre No 2 (MRCC Đà Nẵng) rescued and took an ill fisherman to port of Đà Nẵng yesterday.

An official of the Yên Bái Province’s forest ranger team yesterday shot and killed two provincial leaders before turning the gun on himself in a shooting case authorities are calling  “especially serious” and “unprecedented” in the country.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc made a trip to the northern mountainous province of Yên Bái this noon following a shooting targeting two local leaders the same day.

The 14th National Assembly (NA) plans to hold its second session from October 20 to November 18, according to the NA Standing Committee (NASC) yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc underscored the importance of personnel work during a teleconference in Hà Nội yesterday reviewing State administrative reform from 2011-2015.