National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan made a trip to Bodh Gaya city in Bihar State on December 11 as her last stop during her stay in India from December 8-11. 

Transparency is the responsibility of the state and a sharp weapon for the state to improve its capacity and qualities. Moreover, transparency is the means to promote the people's power, particularly in addressing today’s difficult issues.

VietNamNet Bridge - The rise of China and the aggressive actions of this country in the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea) has caused huge instability in the region.

  Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Maurice Obstfeld has expressed his support for Vietnam’s reform orientations, especially in the fiscal policy and the restructuring of the banking system and State-owned enterprises.  

China is set on continuously consolidating and developing the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with Vietnam, said Wan Gang, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conferenc.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 9 received Isao Iijima, Special Advisor to the Japanese Cabinet, during which he proposed that Vietnam and Japan should forge stronger partnership in agriculture, labour, culture and tourism.

 Peru has officially handed over the chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for 2017 to Vietnam at the Informal Senior Official Meeting (ISOM) among APEC members in Hanoi on December 9. 

 The prosecution sectors of Vietnam and Cuba have agreed to boost the exchange of information on non-traditional and trans-national crimes and soon ink a bilateral judiciary support agreement in 2017-2018.

APEC Year 2017 is among focuses of Vietnam’s external activities in the context of intensive and extensive international integration, stated Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

 The Council of State of Cuba has decided to present Friendship Medal to Duong Minh, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba, in acknowledgement of his contributions to the two countries’ traditional relations.

 Laos’s Issara Order (third class) has been presented to Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Viet Thanh to recognise his devotion to Laos’s science-technology development.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his support for Indian investors to do business in Vietnam during a meeting with visiting National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in New Delhi on December 9.

 The personnel task always attracts public opinion. Mr. Le Quang Thuong, former Deputy Head of the Central Organization Committee, talked with VietNamNet about this issue.

 VietNamNet Bridge - It is a rule that in the absence of official information, the enemy will immediately take advantage of an information shortage to drive information to another dimension.

 The US National Centre for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will work to draw businesses to the CEO Summit as part of the APEC Year in 2017 in Vietnam.

 Dr. Le Kien Thanh, the son of former Party Secretary General Le Duan, spoke to VietNamNet about his opinions on how to successfully implement the Resolution of the Party Congress.

Vietnam and Malaysia should work out specific, practical measures to achieve their trade target of 15 billion USD by 2020, President Tran Dai Quang has said. 

 The Vietnamese Government is ready to provide the best possible conditions for Laos’s National Economic Research Institute (NERI) to effectively cooperate with its Vietnamese partners, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has said.

 Vietnam and Spain should step up cooperation in various sectors, in particular trade, investment, renewable energy, infrastructure, tourism and agriculture, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has proposed the Government Offices of Vietnam and Laos to make more contributions to cementing the traditional friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.