Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 11 visited the Nanning Yucai School in Guangxi, China, which trained Vietnamese students and cadres from 1951-1954.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has highlighted the role played by China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in consolidating the friendship and developing the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries.

 Vietnam supports ASEAN-China cooperation and is ready to act as a bridge for the ASEAN Economic Community and China, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

  With 100 percent of votes, all members of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee have agreed to expel Trinh Xuan Thanh, a member of the Hau Giang provincial Party Committee, from the Party.

 Vietnam has made responsible contributions to the success of the 28 th and 29 th ASEAN Summits and related meetings through its active participation, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung told the media.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the Cambodian Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to assist Vietnamese firms in doing business in the country, especially in the fields of telecommunications.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked that Japan relax visa rules and move towards visa exemption for Vietnamese citizens travelling to Japan for tourism and study purposes. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli in Nanning, Guangxi on September 10.

 Vietnam is deeply concerned over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s nuclear test on September 9, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh said on September 10 in reply to reporters’ questions. 

The Ambassador of Malaysia to Vietnam, H.E. Mohd. Zamruni bin Khalid, spoke about bilateral relations since the Strategic Partnership Agreement was signed in 2015.

 Leading Russian experts and researchers on Asia-Pacific discussed how a legal path helps secure to peace and stability in the East Sea at a round-table workshop in Moscow on September 8.

 A delegation of Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defence took part in the United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial meeting in London, the UK, on September 8, together with defence ministers and officials from 75 countries. 

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has expressed Vietnam’s wishes to solidify cooperation with the UNDP and the UNFPA at the two organisations’ meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, the US. 

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Toshihiro Nikai, Secretary General of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and other Japanese legislators in Hanoi on September 8. 

 The upcoming official visit to China by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is expected to maintain the positive development trend in the bilateral relations.

 Leaders of ASEAN countries and the bloc’s partners participated in the closing ceremony of the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits and related meetings in Vientiane on September 8 afternoon. 

  The third session of the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee is scheduled to open on September 12.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the ASEAN Plus One Summits with the US and India and the East Asia Summit in Vientiane, Laos, on September 8, within the framework of the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits and related meetings. 

 The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission has suggested the Party’s Secretariat expel Trinh Xuan Thanh, a member of the Hau Giang provincial Party Committee, from the Party. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid courtesy visits to former Lao Party General Secretary and President Choummaly Sayasone and former Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong in Vientiane on September 8.