The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has affirmed that China’s statement on halting fishing activities for a limited period in the waters belonging to Vietnam’s sovereignty is valueless.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc left Hanoi on May 11 morning to attend the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF-ASEAN) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

 President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse left Hanoi on the morning of May 11 for a State visit to China and to attend a high-level forum on Belt and Road Initiative from May 11-15.

 The enhancement of the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership is in line with the two countries’ fundamental and long-term interests while benefiting peace and stability in the region and the world.

 Chairman of the Hanoi City People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung pledged all possible support to foreign investors during separate receptions in Hanoi on May 10 to European and Hong Kong (China) trade officials. 

 The Politburo has appointed Nguyen Thien Nhan, Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, to be the new Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee.

 Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh suggested Mongolia carry out policies to encourage and facilitate investment by Vietnamese investors while attending a Vietnam-Mongolia Business Meeting in Ulan Bator on May 9.

 The second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 2) and related meetings continue the agenda with an array of meetings and workshops in Hanoi on May 10.

 Vessel CSB-8004 carrying a delegation of the Vietnam Coast Guard High Command arrived at Xiuying Port in Haikou city, China’s Hainan province, on May 9, beginning an exchange programme with China’s Coast Guard.

ASEAN and Canada need to promote cooperation in priority fields such as maritime and cyber security, fighting human trafficking, coping with climate change and ensuring water security, especially the Mekong River lower reaches.

 The facilitation of the private economic sector’s development and the performance of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Party Central Committee  were the focus of the fifth working day of the 12th Party Central Committee’s fifth session on May 9.

 The upcoming visit to China by President Tran Dai Quang provides an important opportunity for Vietnamese and Chinese top leaders to continue their strategic discussion on Party and State relations as well as issues of common concern. 

 Representatives of Vietnamese and Chinese agriculture ministries participated in a fish releasing event on May 8 on the Beilun River in Dongxing City of south China’s Guangxi province on the Vietnam – China border.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong expressed deep concern over the protracted inefficiency of the State corporate sector, saying this is a source of public frustration.

 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged full support for Viet Nam to host the APEC economic leaders’ meeting in Da Nang this November during his reception for Vietnamese Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh in Tokyo on Monday.

 From May 5, acts of delivering advertisement brochures, if causing negative impacts on social and traffic order and safety, shall be fined from VND 200,000 to VND 500,000.

 Cambodian Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith received Nguyen Van Hieu, Deputy Director General of the Vietnam Authority of Press, on May 8.

 The second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 2) and related meetings began in the capital city of Hanoi on May 9.

 Speaker of Myanmar’s House of Nationalities (Upper House) and Parliament Mahn Win Khaing Than will pay an official visit to Vietnam from May 10-16. 

 The  Pacific Partnership 2017 (PP17) officially kicked off in the central city of Da Nang on May 8, with the participation of personnel from the US, UK, Australia and Japan.