The Philippines and China violated severely Vietnam`s sovereignty and territorial integrity over the Spratly archipelago as well as international law.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Vice Chairwoman of the China National People’s Congress Standing Committee Shen Yueyue pledged to promote bilateral parliamentary ties at their meeting in Doha yesterday.

 Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had a meeting with Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Karu Jayasuriya on April 7 on the sidelines of the 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-140) in Doha, Qatar.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said she had asked leaders of Qatar to receive more Vietnamese workers as the Western Asian country is preparing for the 2022 World Cup finals.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has stated that Vietnam wants to promote substantial development of cooperation with Georgia for the benefit of both sides. 

 Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Wesley W. Simina in Doha, Qatar, on April 7.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin agreed that parliamentary cooperation is one of the important pillars of Vietnam-Russia ties and it has made a lot of developments recently.

 Vietnam treasures ties with Qatar, considering the country an important partner in the region, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan concluded her working visit to the European Parliament and left Brussels, Belgium, for Doha, Qatar, on April 6 morning to attend the 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU -140) and related meetings.

 Vietnamese Embassy in Seoul has opened a hotline +821020196869 to provide necessary assistance for Vietnamese nationals in the Republic of Korea (RoK) following eruption of forest fire in Goseong, Gangwon Province.

 New regulations on tontine interest rates, registration fee prices of houses and land, and internal auditing shall take force from April, 2019.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on April 5 hailed Belgium’s Wallonia region for choosing Vietnam as the only country in Asia to set up its representative office over the past more than two decades 

Ambassador of Armenia to Vietnam Raisa Vardanyan was honoured on April 5 with the “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” insignia of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO).

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker agreed that the signing and ratification of the EVFTA should be sped up for mutual benefits, during their meeting in Brussels on April 4.

 Belgium wants to strengthen relations with Vietnam and further expand new cooperation fields, President of the Belgian Senate Jacques Brotchi told Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

 The ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Plus (ADSOM+) took place in Thailand’s Phetchaburi province on April 4.

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held talks with President of the European Parliament (EP) Antonio Tajani in Brussels on April 4.

 Naval ship HQ 012-Ly Thai To of Brigade 162 of the Naval Region 4 anchored at Tanin Tharyi port in Myanmar on April 3, beginning a friendship visit to the country.

 Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands will pay an official visit to Vietnam on April 9. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Chairman of the European Parliament (EP)’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) Bernd Lange in Brussels, Belgium on April 3 (local time) as part of her working visit to the EP.