Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has affirmed that the July 12 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration will be a “ground” for future talks between Manila and Beijing over territorial disputes. 

Many National Assembly deputies have requested the legislature to pick transport projects and food safety, among others, for its supervision program in 2017 since they have much impact on the country’s socio-economic performance and people.

VietNamNet Bridge - With 97.37% of approval votes, the 14th National Assembly this morning ratified the Prime Minister’s proposal on the government structure in the tenure 2016-2021.

 The governments of Vietnam and Indonesia are proposed to extend by five years the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on navigation and fisheries cooperation inked by the two countries in January 2010.

 Members of the Committee for Science, Technology and Environment of the 14th National Assembly gathered for their first plenary session in Hanoi on July 27.

 President Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received congratulatory messages from their respective Lao counterparts Bounnhang Vorachit and Thoongloun Sisoulith on July 27.

VietNamNet Bridge – The government in the 2016-2021 term will maintain the structure and number of cabinet members. There will be one new candidate for the position of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Jakarta based Habibie Centre hosted the 36th Talking ASEAN Dialogue post The Hague tribunal’s ruling on the East Sea dispute, in the Indonesian capital city on July 26.

 As many as 96.96 percent of deputies at the first session of the 14th National Assembly on July 27 approved a resolution determining there will be 27 members of the Government in the 2016-2021 tenure, the same number as the previous tenure.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh received outgoing Cambodian Ambassador Hul Phany in Hanoi on July 27.

 Deputies at a National Assembly (NA) meeting on July 25 said the process of granting investment licenses to foreign-invested projects should be reviewed to fix loopholes.

  India on July 26 calls on stakeholders in the East Sea issue to show their “utmost respect” for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 while seeking for peaceful solutions to the disputes.

 The freshly-concluded 49 th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings ended successfully, reflecting the ten-member group’s efforts to realise its vision for a dynamic ASEAN Community.

 The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong and Cambodia’s eastern province of Mondulkiri will step up cooperation during 2016-2020 as per an agreement inked between the two sides on July 26.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered a report on the structure of the Government for the 2016-2021 tenure on July 27 during the 14th National Assembly’s first session.

Legislators cast secret ballots to elect the Vice State President, Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court and Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy in Hanoi on July 27.

 A statement on enhancing cooperation among law enforcement agencies at sea proposed by Vietnam was adopted at the 23 rd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Vientiane, Laos, on July 26.

The Mexican Institute for Friendship and Cooperation with Vietnam and Poland’s Saint Stanislaw Brotherhood have voiced their support for the recent ruling of the PCA on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the East Sea.

 Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met his counterparts of Norway, New Zealand and Canada on July 26 – the final day of the 49th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM-49) and related meetings in Vientiane, Laos.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended a series of events related to the 49 th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the sixth East Asia Summit and the 23 rd ASEAN Regional Forum in Vientiane, Laos on July 26.