Global e-government rankings affect Vietnam’s investment attractiveness, national competitiveness, and negotiations on international trade deals, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at a recent meeting.

 President Tran Dai Quang has assured Azerbaijani Minister of Energy Natig Aga Emi Olgu Aliyev that Vietnam is ready to create favourable conditions for Azerbaijan’s goods to enter the country. 

 Vietnam is focusing on completing economic reforms and building a consistent, synchronous and modern administrative regime to enhance governance efficiency, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Leaders of Lao Party, State, and National Assembly have spoken highly of contributions made by Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts to Laos’s national liberation cause.

Foreign affairs have made positive contributions to protecting Vietnam's sovereignty over sea and islands in the East Sea, delegates at a meeting held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi heard on January 17.

 PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc is making the first trip to Switzerland for the annual meeting of the Word Economic Forum as the Government chief to assure Viet Nam’s commitment to comprehensive reform and international integration agenda.

 The implementation of external information services and the dissemination of news on sea, island and border demarcation in 2016 reaped important outcomes in promoting the image of Vietnam’s nation, culture, people and territory to the world.

 The US ambassador to Vietnam, Ted Osius, released carp fish at West Lake in Hanoi and visited a flower market on Wednesday.

 Vietnam is participating in the second Raisina Dialogue - a geopolitical conference, in India from January 17-19.

 Vietnamese and Chinese leaders have exchanged congratulatory messages on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (January 18, 1950 – January 18, 2017).

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-level Vietnamese delegation arrived in Switzerland late on January 17 to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2017 from January 17-21.

 The PM has decided to establish a central steering board on salary policy reform, social insurance and policies for people with special contributions to the nation.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s attendance of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, will highlight Vietnam’s determination to promote comprehensive reform and international integration in 2016-2020,

 Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc left for Davos, Switzerland on January 17 to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) that takes place from January 17 – 21.

 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his desire to assist Vietnam in implementing managerial personnel training projects.

 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe concluded his official two-day visit to Vietnam on January 17. 

 Vietnam wants Japan to become its biggest investor, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at the two countries’ business talk in Hanoi on January 17, as part of an official visit to Vietnam by Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.

 The Vietnam-Azerbaijan Inter-Governmental Commission on Economic-Trade and Science-Technology Cooperation convened its first session in Hanoi on January 16, aiming to boost ties across trade, oil and gas, education-training, tourism and culture. 

  The official visit to Vietnam by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made headlines in Japan on January 17.

 Vietnam and France need to continue implementing the Hanoi Train Station-Nhon urban metro rail project (Metro 3) in a rapid and effective manner, contributing to developing Vietnam’s urban transport infrastructure.