Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to submit the ratification of the TPP to the first session of the National Assembly XIV at the end of July.

  The upcoming visit of US President Barack Obama to Vietnam is set to promote multifaceted links between the two nations, according to some US citizens.

Vietnam can use strategic ports and harbors to provide inventories and logistics, anchoring, repair and maintenance services for international ships passing through the maritime route from the East Sea to the Indian Ocean and vice versa.

 Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung on May 10 received Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel R. Russel to make preparations for U.S. President Obama’s upcoming visit to Vietnam in late May.

Laos appreciated the Vietnamese Party’s support for training personnel for the country’s political system, said Phankham Viphavanh, a politburo member and standing member of the Secretariat of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee.

  Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith’s official visit to Vietnam from May 15-17 looks to bolster the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two nations.

 Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Hai Binh has voiced protest against Taiwan (China)’s violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

Ahead of the upcoming visit of President Obama later this month, Mr Phat held talks with Thomas J Vilsack, secretary of USDA, to discuss measures to bolster trade of traditional and non-traditional products in the sector.

 President Tran Dai Quang and other candidates hoping to be elected to the 14th National Assembly have engaged in a series of meetings with voters of Ho Chi Minh City, during which they promised utmost efforts to represent voters’ interests.

 Vietnam, as an ASEAN member, always supports the bloc’s efforts to intensify close cooperation with the European Union (EU) in all spheres, said head of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Tran Van Hang.

 Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen has suggested public security forces of Vietnam and his country strengthen collaboration in combating crimes in the coming time.

 Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang received Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai city Han Zheng, who is leading a delegation to Vietnam, on May 12.

Resignation will transform into the forced acceptance of the de facto control of China in the East Sea and then the existence of the conventions on the law of the sea cannot do much to change the fact.

Minister of Public Security To Lam and Cambodian Deputy PM and Minister of the Interior Sar Kheng have agreed to intensify information and experience sharing between the two countries in the fight against criminals.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has encouraged UAE firms to invest in renewable energy, hotel, tourism, infrastructure, seaport, aviation, real estate and farm produce production in Vietnam.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 11 for Victoria Kwakwa, Regional Vice President for East Asia and Pacific of the World Bank (WB).

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and his spouse will pay an official friendly visit to Vietnam from May 15-17.

 Vietnam has called on the ten-member ASEAN and the Pacific Alliance (PA) to increase their exchanges in order to effectively deal with challenges hindering their affiliation like geographical distance and cultural differences.

 The Prime Minister has assigned Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung to participate in a steering committee and negotiation delegations related to border and territory.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will pay an official visit to Russia and attend the Commemorative Summit in celebration of the 20th anniversary of ASEAN-Russia Dialogue Relations there from May 16-20.