The revised Anti-Corruption Law should accord with relevant laws and the United Nations Convention against Corruption, participants said at the third session of the National Assembly (NA)’s Committee for Legal Affairs. 

 Vietnam will step up improving the investment climate and hopes to see Japanese firms increase investments in agriculture in the coming time, a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development official said.

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said he has a plan to meet with Vietnamese investors in Laos to seek to tackle obstacles hindering their operations.

  The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) held a theory exchange, the sixth of its kind, in Quang Ninh Province on September 27. 

 Minister of National Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich will attend an informal meeting of ASEAN-US defence ministers in Hawaii from September 29 to October 1 at the invitation of the US Secretary of Defense. 

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc met ex-President of the Senate of Malaysia Michael Cheng Wing Sum in Hanoi on September 27, saying that Vietnam defines the promotion of economic and trade ties with ASEAN member states, including Malaysia, as a priority.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan reiterated Vietnam’s consistent policy of giving priority to strengthening traditional friendship and multi-dimensional cooperation with Cambodia during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen.

 Cambodia’s largest daily newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea has run a front page article saying the visit to Cambodia by Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan from September 27-28 will strengthen bilateral cooperation.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan’s scheduled official visit to Cambodia from September 27-28 aims to foster the ties between the national legislatures of Vietnam and Cambodia.

 The official visit to Vietnam by Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte from September 28-29 is expected to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries, especially in politics, security, defence, and economics.

 The HCMC government has identified environmental protection and improvement of the quality of life as two of the core criteria for growth quality in the 2016-2020 period, said chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the Indonesian National Police closely cooperate in fighting transnational crimes and terrorism, thus deepening the bilateral strategic partnership. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Party General Secretary and President of Laos Bounnhang Volachith on September 26 as part of her official visit to the neighbouring country. 

 Vietnam’s Defence Ministry attaches importance to boosting and preserving the neighbouring, friendly, cooperative and development relations with China, especially the relationship between the border guards and coast guards of the two countries.

 Assistant to the Foreign Minister Duong Tri Dung introduced Vietnam’s women empowerment as well as gender integration in the country’s development policies and strategies at the Annual Discussion of Integration of a Gender Perspective. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met on September 26 with Italy’s Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Graziano Delrio, who said his country will be a companion to Vietnam during the course of development.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has arrived in the Lao capital Vientiane, beginning an official visit to Laos from September 26-27 at the invitation of her Lao counterpart Pany Yathotou.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security To Lam and his visiting Chinese counterpart Guo Shengkun shared the wish for stronger links between the two ministries in the future.

 Viet Nam has decided to run for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations (UN) Security Council for the term 2020-2021, and strengthen its participation in the UN Peacekeeping Operations.

 PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 24 received President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach and President of the Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah.