Việt Nam News

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Quốc Dũng proposed several priorities in ASEAN-US cooperation in his speech to the ASEAN-US Special Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Washington D.C. on Thursday.

The Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee (CPVCC) opened its fifth plenary meeting of the 12th tenure in Hà Nội today.

President Tran Đại Quang paid a visit yesterday to Most Venerable Thich Phổ Tuệ, Supreme Patriarch of the Việt Nam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) on the occasion of the Buddha’s 2561st Birthday Festival 2017.

Việt Nam adamantly opposes and rejects China’s unilateral ban on fishing in the East Sea from May 1 to August 16, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng told the media at a regular press conference yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has directed that each ministry and locality must devise a detailed plan to fulfill set targets, in which responsibilities of individuals and units must be specified.

Twenty countries registered to participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)’s symposium for the Asia-Pacific region on climate change response to be held in Hồ Chí Minh City from May 11-13, organisers reported yesterday.

Việt Nam and Japan highly valued co-operation between the two nations' parliaments, friendship parliamentary groups, and parliamentarians.

The suspect Nguyễn Hữu Tấn had used knife to kill himself in the detention centre of the Vĩnh Long Province Police, the provincial People’s Committee said during a press conference yesterday.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Phạm Quang Vinh has affirmed Việt Nam’s desire to tighten its comprehensive partnership with the US at recent meetings with elected US officials in Washington DC.

The Vietnamese delegation, led by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, made important contributions to the success of the 30th ASEAN Summit, which took place in the Philippines on April 29 and 30.

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan Oshima Tadamori and his spouse will pay an official visit to Việt Nam from May 4 – 6, according to a statement by the Việt Nam National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations.

A flag-raising ceremony was held at the Hiền Lương – Bến Hải historic site in Vĩnh Linh District, the central province of Quảng Trị on Sunday to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975) and the 45th anniversary of the liberation of Quảng Tri (May 1, 1972).

 President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte issued a Chairman’s statement on Sunday, one day after the 30th ASEAN Summit closed.

Southeast Asian leaders renewed the resolve to build ASEAN into an example of regional cooperation at the freshly finished 30th ASEAN Summit in Manila, the Philippines, according to ASEAN Secretary-General Lê Lương Minh.

ASEAN member states need to uphold their responsibility and the community’s spirit, especially a common stance on international and regional issues, towards increasing the bloc’s position in the international arena, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told a retreat meeting in the framework of the 30th ASEAN Summit in Manila, the Philippines. 

The 30th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) opened in Manila, the Philippines today with leaders of 10 ASEAN member nations looking to strengthen connectivity and promote the bloc as a global player.

Viet Nam resolutely protests against China’s recent moves in Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago which violate Viet Nam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and complicate the situation in the East Sea.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc met with his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yesterday after arriving in Manila for the 30th ASEAN summit.