A string of new policies on tougher fires on transport violations and amendment of labor export regulations shall take effect in Vietnam in August.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc required the Cabinet members as well as ministries and agencies of the 2016-2021 tenure to swiftly roll out their working plans to support the Government in designing and spurring growths in service of people.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended the forum “Four Countries – One Destination”, which aims to promote cooperation in economic, tourism and investment between Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, in Myanmar on July 30-31.

 The ASEAN Senior Economic Officials Meeting began in Vientiane, Laos on August 1 to gear up for the 48th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM 48) and related meetings.

 Vietnam and Myanmar have agreed to strengthen cooperation across sectors following talks between Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and Myanmar’s Vice President, Henry Van Thio, in Yangon, Myanmar on July 31.

 Legislators expressed their concern over environmental pollution in the central region during the July 29 working day of the 14th National Assembly’s first session.

  Italy’s Sardinia region pays attention to stepping up cooperation with Asian nations, including Vietnam, which is emerging as a promising destination for Italian businesses.

 There have been continual promises to trim the government payroll for years as part of efforts to curb the bureaucracy. But in reality, the central agencies continue to waste funds on wages for excessive vice heads.

 Senior Lieutenant General To Lam, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security, has been appointed as Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands.

VietNamNet Bridge – At all major events or whenever showing herself before the public, Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan always wears the Vietnamese ao dai, which honors her noble beauty. 

 The first session of the 14th National Assembly (NA), which wrapped up on July 29, is a success, fulfilling all set tasks relating to key personnel posts and decisions on other important issues.

Deputies highlighted the Government’s determination to ensure macro-economy stability and sustainable economic growth on the fringe of the first session of the 14 th National Assembly.  

 The socio-economic situation in the first six months of 2016 reaped positive outcomes with the macro-economy being stable, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc reported at the first session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on July 29.

 The 14th National Assembly (NA) deputies approved on July 29 a resolution on the State budget balance for 2014 with 82.59 percent of them having “yes” vote.

 The new Government wants to maintain a peaceful environment and create optimal conditions for national development, said Pham Binh Minh, who has been re-elected Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam.

Newly-elected Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has suggested measures to develop agriculture in the context of global integration.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam led a Vietnamese delegation to the Southeast Asia and Pacific Regional Fisheries Summit held in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 28.

 The Argentina-Vietnam Cultural Institute (ICAV) on July 27 issued a statement in support of the recent ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands, related to territorial disputes in the East Sea.

World Bank (WB) Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific Victoria Kwakwa pledged to continue promoting the cooperation between the lender and Vietnam while meeting Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi on July 28.

Legislators heard a report on the audit of the 2014 State budget during the seventh working day of their first National Assembly session in Hanoi on July 28.