Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired an irregular meeting with Cabinet members to consider and address requests made by businesses during the freshly-concluded dialogue with the Government leader in Hanoi on April 29.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Permanent Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for External Information Service Pham Van Linh paid a working visit to South Africa from April 24-29, to strengthen links in communication between the two countries.

 A month after being elected as the prime minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said he is saddened by the fact that the public and business community continue to be the victims of corruption.

 Minister of Transport Truong Quang Nghia was frank in exposing the continuing problem of corruption by saying that the officials were distracted by cash-stuffed envelopes while working.

 The President’s Office announced seven laws, one resolution and an ordinance, which were adopted at the 11th session of the 13th National Assembly at a news conference held in Hanoi on April 29.

 President Tran Dai Quang has ordered Da Nang city to actively coordinate with relevant ministries, sectors and localities to fully gear up for the Asia – Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit next year.

Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh delivered a speech themed “Vietnam and the US in the 21st century: A new beginning” while attending the Vietnam War Summit at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, on April 28.

HCM City People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong yesterday admitted that the case of Xin chao coffee shop has largely affected local business and investment environment which the city has strived to improve to attract more investors.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has started his first meeting in Ho Chi Minh City with the business community this morning.

 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Dinh Quy stressed the need for countries to come together to promote honest, constructive dialogue and have specific and pragmatic measures to build confidence.

 Vietnamese corvette 381 sailed for Brunei and Singapore on April 28 to take part in military exercises as part of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+).

 The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) invited Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich to speak on the second day of the upcoming 15th Shangri-La Dialogue on June 4.

  US State Secretary John Kerry delivered a keynote address at the Vietnam War Summit at Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, late on April 27 (local time).

 A Vietnamese delegation attended the 7th US-ASEAN Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting held on April 28 at the ASEAN Secretariat headquarters in Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta.

 Pham Ngoc Minh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, launched a Gepard 3.9 class frigate in Russia on April 27.

The Hereditary Prince Alois of the Principality of Liechtenstein wishes to bolster bilateral relations with Vietnam and urges the signing of a free trade agreement between Vietnam and the European Economic Area.

Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich stressed the need to boost links among countries worldwide and promote the role of security mechanisms within Asia Pacific to deal with security challenges. 

 Vietnam hopes to receive more support from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a member of the World Bank (WB) group for projects in Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said.

 Cambodia does not have any new agreements regarding the East Sea issue with China, the country’s Secretary of State and Spokesman for the Council of Ministers, Phay Siphan, has said.

 The settlement of serious and complicated corruption cases of public concern should focus on quality more than quantity, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.