Việt Nam News

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Yunnan, China, yesterday on the sideline of the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting. 

A common perspective among countries on the risks facing regional maritime security is crucial to build strong co-operation, said Commodore Michiel Hijmans, former deputy permanent military representative of the Netherlands to NATO and the European Union.

The Party and State will facilitate Vietnamese investment and business in Laos, President Trần Đại Quang said during a working session with Vietnamese investors in Laos yesterday.

The 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee kicked off its 49th session in Hà Nội yesterday, during which court-related issues and preparations for the 14th parliament are high on the agenda.

Việt Nam will ensure better fundamental human rights for its people, Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thĩnh said at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday.

The completion of development planning is the focal task of Cần Thơ City as it is the capital of the whole Mekong Delta region, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said yesterday.

President Trần Đại Quang arrived in Vientiane yesterday, beginning his three-day State visit to Laos at the invitation of Lao Party General Secretary and President Bounnhang Vorachith.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has called on China to create more favourable conditions for the transportation and import of Vietnamese goods, especially agro-forestry-fisheries products, in order to improve bilateral trade balance.

President Trần Đại Quang and his wife will make a State visit to Laos and Cambodia on June 12 to 16.

Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh affirmed women’s important role in national development at the 26th Global Summit of Women in Warsaw

Urgent need for international co-operation mechanism on marine security and safety in East Asia highlighted at  international workshop in northern province of Quảng Ninh

The southern city has not only established friendly relations with 41 cities and provinces in other countries, but also being member of many networks linking localities around the world, the city authorities have said.

US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius described the recent historical visit to Vietnam by President Barack Obama “a great success” during a discussion at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington D.C on June 9.

Polish Deputy Marshal of the Sejm (lower house) Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska said her country and other EU member states support Việt Nam and ASEAN in carrying out peaceful measures in line with international laws to settle disputes in the East Sea. 

ASEAN and Chinese senior officials reviewed the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and discussed the building of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) during their 12th meeting in the northern province of Quảng Ninh yesterday.
 

Việt Nam appreciates and wishes to further bilateral co-operation and friendship with other countries, said President Trần Đại Quang.

Public property tasks, rights and responsibilities need to be clarified, according to Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ.

Việt Nam and Laos should maintain the annual meeting of their governments, in order to handle issues arising which pertain to their plans, especially the 2016-20 plan, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said.