The Vietnamese army was instrumental in defeating the Khmer Rouge regime, changing history in Cambodia, according to Executive Director of the Documentation Centre of Cambodia Youk Chhang.

Vietnam officially won the election to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for 2020-2021 after getting 192 votes out of the 193 member countries and territories of the UN General Assembly on June 7.

Vietnam has very good chances to be elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in an election scheduled for June 7, according to a Swedish high-ranking diplomat.

This week, the United Nations General Assembly will cast votes to elect five non-permanent members of the Security Council for 2020-2021 tenure and Viet Nam is among candidates.

The Ministry of Public Security is planning to call for the National Assembly to reinstate a provision of the 2009 Penal Code, which treats drug users as criminal offenders, to clamp down on increasing drug trafficking.

Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha on June 5 continued taking the podium to answer questions raised by legislators, including those related to the construction of too many high-rise buildings in big cities.

Competitiveness of Vietnam's tourism industry and solutions to make it a key economic sector was the main focus of the Q&A session with the minister of culture, sports and tourism on June 5 during the 14 NAs ongoing 7th session.

Italy supports Vietnam’s bid to run for a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in the 2020-2021 term, affirmed Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

Vietnam is developing its industry toward applying advanced technologies and wants to get consultancy from the World Bank (WB) on the matter, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Hot issues relating to construction, transport, and culture sectors dominated the second day of the National Assembly’s Q&A session on June 5.

Minister of Public Security To Lam said his ministry was considering making drug use a criminal offence again as the public is growing wary with the rise of drug offences.

Vietnam regretted that some contents in the remarks of Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loong at the 18th Shangri-La Dialogue and on his Facebook page did not objectively reflect the historical truth, causing negative impacts on public opinions.

Vietnam has seen strong progress in its multilateral external relations, which has significantly contributed to enhancing status and strength of the country.

The NA has chosen the topic for its supreme supervision in 2020 to be the implementation of the laws and policies on the prevention of and fight against the abuse of children through a voting yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith vowed to work for a breakthrough in bilateral trade during their meeting in Hanoi on June 1.

Ministries and Government agencies needed to accelerate reforms and transparency to tackle corruption and solve the difficulties faced by businesses and members of the public.

National Assembly deputies on Thursday agreed policies need to be introduced to improve the business environment to facilitate household enterprises.

Vietnam always treasures peace and stability, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh while addressing the 25th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said an ongoing visit from Governor of Yunnan Province Ruan Chengfa is hugely important for Vietnam-China ties.

Vietnam’s active participation in the UN peacekeeping activities has shown the country’s greater efforts in implementing its duty in one of the UN’s important activities.