Viet Nam emphasises equality at IPU session

National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tòng Thị Phóng has highlighted Việt Nam’s achievements in tackling inequality and ensuring justice at the plenary session of the 136th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Citizens are more concerned for the environment

Findings from the 2016 Việt Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI), which was released yesterday, revealed that concerns about the environment have become a more salient topic among Vietnamese citizens.

Stronger together

A Thai military delegation, led by the Chief of Defense Forces of the Royal Thai Armed Forces General (GEN) Surapong Suwana-adth, talk to a Vietnamese delegation led by deputy Minister of Defence Lieutenant General Phan Văn Giang yesterday in Hà Nội during their official visit

Việt Nam, Mongolia enhance ties

Việt Nam attaches great importance to consolidating and enhancing its traditional friendship and lasting cooperation with Mongolia, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh said yesterday.

Việt Nam active at Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting

Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Tòng Thị Phóng has attended the Governing Council meeting and the General Debate of the 136th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) being held in in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

PM calls for action to increase GDP growth

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday urged Government members to focus on increasing the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate, which he said stood at a low rate of 5.1 per cent in the first quarter of the year.

NA chief to visit European capitals

National Assembly chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân will pay an official visit to Sweden, Hungary and the Czech Republic from April 6 to 14, according to the NA’s Foreign Affairs Committee.

Provincial department merger faces hurdles

Some provincial departments might be merged in keeping with the Govermment’s commitment to streamline its notoriously clunky and bloated bureaucracy, according to a new draft resolution circulated by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA).

Two more to be tried in PVC embezzlement case

The Investigative Police Agency of the Ministry of Public Security will prosecute two additional suspects related to the embezzlement case against former PetroVietnam Construction (PVC) chairman, Trịnh Xuân Thanh.

VN seeks to foster, strengthen US ties

Việt Nam is ready to co-operate with President Donald Trump’s administration and maintain the impetus for growing bilateral ties, President Trần Đại Quang told US Ambassador to Việt Nam Ted Osius yesterday.

Australia, VN cooperation focuses on economic partnership

The Australia and Việt Nam governments on Friday held their High-Level Consultations on Development Cooperation to discuss results of their long-term development co-operation and the importance of its transformation into an economic partnership.

VN asks Swiss for education, training help

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bùi Văn Ga met on Thursday with President of the Swiss Council of States, Ivo Bischofberger, to compare notes on education co-operation between the two countries.

Lao PM thanks VN for helping his country with tax collection

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on Thursday applauded the effective co-operation between his country’s finance ministry and its Vietnamese counterpart, which his helping improve Lao tax collection and other financial mechanisms.

President hosts AFP news agency head

Vietnamese authorities and media outlets are willing to provide all possible support for the operation of Agence France-Presse in the country, President Trần Đại Quang said on Thursday at a Hà Nội reception for the chairman and CEO of the French news agency, Emmanuel Hoog.

VN protests Taiwan live-fire drill

Việt Nam has protested against a live-fire military drill conducted this week by Taiwan in the Trường Sa archipelago, demanding that it refrain from repeating such activity, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lê Hải Bình said on Thursday.

Việt Nam looking to bolster Swiss ties: President

President Trần Đại Quang told President of the Swiss Council of States Ivo Bischofberger that Việt Nam always attaches great importance to reinforcing and promoting the sound relationship with Switzerland during their meeting in Hà Nội yesterday.

NA Chair invites greater Swiss investment in key industries

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân has expected Switzerland to continue encouraging its businessmen to invest in Việt Nam especially in the fields of finance, banking, insurance, high technology, manufacturing, pharmaceutical industry, agricultural production, tourism, hotel and hospitality.

Provinces agree on coastal road

Leaders of six provinces on Tuesday sat down with relevant ministers to talk about the construction of a coastal highway route, the detailed plan for which was approved back in 2010.

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