Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Somdy Douangdy in Hanoi on August 4, during which he asked the Lao Government to support Vietnamese enterprises’ operations in the country.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc led the Vietnamese delegation to the eighth political-security-national defence dialogue with the US in Washington D.C on August 3. 

 Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh had a bilateral meeting with his Lao counterpart Khemmany Pholsena in Vientiane on August 3 on the sidelines of the ongoing 48th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings. 

 Economic ministers and deputy ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) mulled several important matters during the 48th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting that began in Vientiane, Laos on August 3.

 Leaders of northern mountainous province of Ha Giang and the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of China’s Yunnan province have agreed to promote exchange and multifaceted links in a practical and effective manner in the time ahead.

 Prime Minister Nguuyen Xuan Phuc reiterated the Government's determination to strictly punish environmental violations at an August 3 meeting with voters from the northern port city of Hai Phong.

Hanoi is offering incentives for enterprises, particularly those from Japan, to apply advanced technologies in waste treatment in the capital, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

 The Ministry of Finance should take people and businesses’ satisfaction as the meter of its administrative reforms’ effectiveness, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said at a working session with the ministry on August 3.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong lauded outgoing Cambodian Ambassador Hul Phany for strengthening the fine neighbourliness, traditional solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and Cambodia during a reception yesterday. 

 Hanoi will focus on urban planning, construction and management, and new rural building, along with resources management and environmental protection in the next five years.

 The Hanoi People’s Council adopted a resolution relieving Nguyen Thi Nguyet Huong of her post as deputy of the council for the 2016-2020 tenure during its third working day of the second session in Hanoi on August 3.

The hack on Vietnam Airlines’ website, Formosa’s illegal dumping of waste and preferential loans from China loans for highway building were hot topics at the Government’s regular press conference on August 2.

 Vietnam and the United Kingdom have enjoyed sound cooperation in past years, Senior Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army said during a reception for UK Ambassador to Vietnam Giles Lever.

Vietnam and India held their 8th political consultation session and 5th deputy foreign ministerial strategic dialogue in New Delhi on August 2.

Ambassador Pham Sanh Chau, head of the Foreign Ministry's Culture and UNESCO Department, has been nominated for the director-general position of the UNESCO for the 2017-2021 tenure.

Vietnam condemns the killing of and violence against children, including sexual violence, the recruitment and use of child soldiers, acts of abduction and attacks targeting schools and hospitals.

Vietnam and Cambodia have reviewed the implementation of their bilateral religious cooperation agreement signed in February last year during the ongoing visit to Vietnam by Cambodian Minister of Cults and Religion Him Chhem.

 The Government is determined to weather all setbacks and challenges to attain the highest possible economic growth, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated at the first regular meeting of the 2016-2021 Government in Hanoi on August 1-2.

President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 2 for Cambodia’s Senior Minister and Minister of Cults and Religion Him Chhem.

Voters in District 4 of Ho Chi Minh City have voiced their hope that deputies at the 14th National Assembly (NA) will keep their promises made during their electioneering earlier this year.