Minister of Home Affairs Le Vinh Tan has sketched out five major solutions to step up administrative reform towards a growth-driving and honest Government.

Nearly 100 scholars from Vietnam, the US, Australia, Japan, the Philippines and India will attend a seminar discussing legal regulations on islands and shoals in international law and East Sea realities, in Khanh Hoa on August 17-18.

 The 14th National Assembly plans to organise its second session from October 20 to November 18, according to the NA Standing Committee at its second meeting on August 16.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that the Vietnamese government will provide all possible support for foreign firms, including those from the Republic of Korea, to do business in Vietnam.

A seminar was held in Hanoi on August 16, focusing on dissecting the content of the recent ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands, on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the East Sea.

VietNamNet would like to introduce an article by H.E. Ibnu Hadi, Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam, on the occasion of the 71st Independence Day of Indonesia, August 17th.

 On August 16, State President Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc extended congratulatory messages to Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on his country’s 71st Independence Day (August 17).

 HCM City treasures the relationship it has with Hong Kong and is willing to further cooperation with the territory, said a municipal leader. 

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines plans to open a direct flight route to the US in 2018, said its General Director Duong Tri Thanh.

 The Prime Minister has decided to establish a Central Steering Committee for 2016-2020 National Target Programmes with Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue acting as its head.

 Providing the foreign Minister, and heads of Supreme People’s Procuracy and Supreme People’s Court with bodyguards was proposed in the draft Law on Guard Force which was discussed in the 14th National Assembly Standing Commitee (NASC) session.

Vietnam always give highest priority to consolidating and enhancing the time-honoured friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Laos, President Tran Dai Quang told Vice Chairman of the Lao NA Somphan Phengkhammy.

 The Lao National Assembly sought closer links in many fields with its Vietnamese counterpart, Lao National Assembly Vice Chairman Somphan Phengkhammy has remarked.

A draft law on the guard force was discussed for the first time at the second session of the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee that opened at the parliament’s headquarters in Hanoi on August 15. 

 The armies of Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to intensify their cooperation in liaison information in order to deepen the two countries’ defence relations. 

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and his Thai counterpart Thanasak Patimaprakorn expressed their delight at the practical progress of bilateral ties across the board, especially since the establishment of a strategic partnership in 2013.

 Philippine Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay on August 11 called on China to respect maritime law and security as well as the rule of law to resolve disputes in both the East Sea and the East China Sea.

 Ho Chi Minh City on August 11 celebrated the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Thailand diplomatic ties (August 6, 1976- 2016).

 Multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and India will provide a foundation for the countries to augment their ties, Vietnamese Ambassador Ton Sinh Thanh has said. 

 The US is working to ratify the TPP, US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius told President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour Bui Van Cuong at a meeting in Hanoi on August 10.