Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh and visiting Foreign Minister of New Zealand Murray McCully have agreed to continue fostering development momentum to lift the bilateral relations to a higher level during their talks in Hà Nội yesterday.
HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam hopes to learn from Singapore’s experience in the management of environment and water resources as well as environmental quality improvement and green city development, stated President Trần Đại Quang.
As part of his official visit to the US, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh held separate meetings on Friday with US Acting Trade Representative Stephen Vaughn and a group of assistants to senators of the Democratic and Republican Parties.
Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has suggested Ireland prompt the European Union (EU) to sign and ratify the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (UVFTA) and recognise Việt Nam’s market economy.
A visit to Cambodia from April 24-25 by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc will be his first official trip to the neighbouring country in the post of the Government leader of Việt Nam.
The Republic of Korea’s (RoK) National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun will start his official visit to Việt Nam today.
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee will ask the National Assembly to consider stripping the NA deputy title of Võ Kim Cự for his wrongdoings in the Formosa environmental disaster, said the NA Secretary General Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc on Saturday.
Chairman of the Hà Nội People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung held a dialogue with local residents in Đồng Tâm Commune in the city’s Mỹ Đức District on Saturday. After the meeting, the local residents agreed to release all officials and policemen they had illegally detained.
Việt Nam will continue to be an active and responsible member of the international community and the United Nations (UN) and engage more in UN peacekeeping operations and fulfill its role as a member of UN organisations such as the UN Economic and Social Council and the International Law Commission, said President Trần Đại Quang.
Việt Nam and India should bolster investment ties in areas of India’s strength and Việt Nam’s demand, while minimising and generally removing trade obstacles, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told visiting Indian Secretary of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh.
Việt Nam calls on Israel and the Palestinians to resume negotiations on a peaceful solution to their conflict on the basis of United Nations resolutions, Ambassador Nguyễn Phương Nga, head of the Việt Nam delegation to the UN, said Thursday at the UN Security Council’s open debate on the Middle East.
Việt Nam and the US should sustain and strengthen economic and trade links, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh said, describing these links as key to bilateral relations.
National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Uông Chu Lưu suggested the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) continue supporting Việt Nam in improving its co-operatives’ capacity, helping Vietnamese producers penetrate regional and international markets.
US companies, Monsanto in particular, holds responsibility for assisting efforts to address Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin consequences in Việt Nam, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Lê Thị Thu Hằng said on Thursday.
An ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) online internal network (AIPA Connect) was introduced to member parliaments at a meeting in Hà Nội on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc pledged to assist Laos in developing transport infrastructure and in create all possible conditions for Laos to exploit Vũng Áng seaport in central Hà Tĩnh Province to spur its socio-economic development.
The capital city will conduct a thorough inspection of the management and use of land in Mỹ Đức District’s Đồng Tâm Commune, particularly in the Đồng Xanh area where a plan to build the Miếu Môn Airport is under way despite residents’ objections.
Disadvantaged groups are not benefiting from the new Law on Forest and Development, experts said at a conference Wednesday in Hà Nội on amendments to the fifth draft of the Law on Forest and Development.
Disqualified projects will be removed from the list of mid-term public investment projects in the 2016-2020 period, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Phùng Quốc Hiển said yesterday.
National Assembly deputies have agreed on the need for tighter legal controls over property given for free or as gifts by individuals and organisations to State agencies.
