Việt Nam News

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, speaking at the start of a two-day Cabinet meeting yesterday, urged officials to ensure the speedy formulation of high quality legal documents, after presentation of a Ministry of Justice report on the implementation of the Government’s law and ordinance programme.

Việt Nam vehemently condemns the suicide bombing and gun attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lê Hải Bình said today.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday held separate meetings with the Ambassadors of Sweden and Myanmar, Camilla Mellander and Win HLaing, who came to say goodbye at the end of their tenures in Việt Nam.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the People’s Public Security force to focus on enhancing capacity in controlling, analysing and forecasting security situations to give timely advice to the Party and State on policies and measures to protect social security and socio-economic development.

National Assembly (NA) members are voting to delay the implementation date of the newly amended Penal Code after several legal loopholes in the code were detected.

Việt Nam and Liberia signed a joint communiqué establishing bilateral diplomatic ties during a ceremony in Hà Nội yesterday.

President Trần Đại Quang hopes that Japanese businesses will increase investment in Việt Nam, especially in developing high-quality infrastructure and support industries.

Việt Nam and China agreed to enhance political trust, maintain high-level visits and strive for new progress in their result-oriented co-operation at the ninth meeting of the steering committee for bilateral co-operation in Hà Nội today. 

Việt Nam wishes to foster all-out ties with Australia, including politics, trade, investment, culture and education, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc extended a message of condolences to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang yesterday over the severe human and material losses caused by a tornado and hailstorm in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, China a day earlier.

China’s illegal activities in the East Sea cannot change Việt Nam’s sovereignty over the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) and Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lê Hải Bình said yesterday.

The Hà Nội municipal People’s Committee has announced a detailed master plan for the Nhật Tân-Nội Bài route, also known as Võ Nguyên Giáp Road, with an aim of driving development in localities surrounding the Red River north of Ha Noi.

The Head of the Vietnamese delegation to the United Nations, Ambassador Nguyễn Trung Thành, called on the world community to create an international mechanism to ensure the rights of fishermen.

International integration and engagement in new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs) have opened up a fresh development space for the Vietnamese economy, President Trần Đại Quang said at a meeting yesterday.

Cambodian Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Prak Sokhon pledged to strengthen cooperation between the two foreign ministries during his talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed Dinh Jean-Pierre as the Honorary Consul of Việt Nam in Nouvelle Caledonie (New Caledonia), France, in recognition of his significant contributions to reinforcing friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

Việt Nam’s Embassy in Malaysia has taken protective measures towards the 23 Vietnamese fishermen recently arrested by the Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).

HCM City’s economy grew at 7.47 percent in the first half compared with 7.2 percent in the same period last year