Việt Nam News

Việt Nam expressed its condolences to the victims and families of the terror attacks in Germany and Switzerland and denounced the violence against innocent people, Lê Hải Bình, spokeman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said yesterday.

Supervising activity of the National Assembly (NA) should be conducted in a compact and economical manner to avoid causing burden to localities.

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday sent a message of condolence to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the assassination of the nation’s Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov. 

Top government leaders from Việt Nam and Cambodia have expressed their desire to cement and develop bilateral ties in the spirit of “good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, all-faceted and long-lasting co-operation”.

The fourth session of the 14^th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee began in Hà Nội yesterday and is expected to last four days. The first working day was taken up with the discussion of regulations on co-operation between the Supreme People’s Court and the Ministry of Defence on the organisation of military courts. 

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives in Việt Nam today at the start of a two-day visit. This is his second visit to Việt Nam since he was re-appointed as Prime Minister in 2013.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday held a meeting with 55 representatives of religious organisations nationwide to hear their opinions and proposals in order to better implement the Law on Belief and Religions.

Việt Nam’s Minister of Public Security, Tô Lâm, has proposed that Thailand accelerate work on a criminal extradition agreement between the two countries. 

Forest management has failed to meet real demand due to existing shortcomings, urging for the need to amend the 2004 Law on Forest Protection and Development.

Octogenarian war veterans, young people, State leaders and thousands of delegates took part yesterday in a solemn event in Hà Nội commemorating the 70th anniversary of National Resistance Day (December 19) and the fierce campaign against the French in the winter of ’46.

Việt Nam opposes all activities that violate its sovereignty as well as militarise and threaten peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea (South China Sea). 

 Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has congratulated Ambassador of Timor Leste Jorge Trindade Neves De Camoes on fulfilling assigned tasks during his four-year tenure in Việt Nam. 

Secretary of State at the Polish President’s Chancellery Krzysztof Szczerski has affirmed that Poland highly values Việt Nam’s position in Southeast Asia and wants to foster all-round ties with the country. 

 Ireland will work to push the Việt Nam-European Union free trade agreement, the Irish Ambassador to Việt Nam, Cait Moran, told Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc at a meeting yesterday. 

President Trần Đại Quang has asked World Bank (WB) Country Director Ousmane Dione to work closely with the Government in establishing the two sides’ Partnership Strategy for the coming years.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will pay an official visit to Việt Nam from December 20-21 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.

President Trần Đại Quang has called for stronger co-operation between Việt Nam and Timor Leste in all fields, especially the economy, trade and investment. 

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng appreciated scientists’ recommendations for Việt Nam’s national development during a reception in Hà Nội yesterday.