Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha was grilled about serious pollution in Nhue and Day rivers at the National Assembly on October 30, the first day of Question-and-Answer at the NA’s on-going 6th session.

Minister of Home Affairs Le Vinh Tan reiterated the resolve to streamline the state apparatus when answering questions raised by National Assembly deputies on the matter during the Question-and-Answer session on October 30.

 Major General Ngo Minh Tien, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army received Eamonn O'Shaughnessy, head of the New Zealand Ministry of Defence’s International Branch, in Hanoi on October 29.

 Vietnam believes that close and effective cooperation among coastal countries is the only solution to dealing with challenges and preventing water resources conflicts.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has assigned the Ministry of Transport to work out a plan to expand and adjust the planning scheme of Noi Bai International Airport which is facing serious overloading.

 President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of Cuba Miguel Diaz Canel Bermudez will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 8-11.

Voters voiced their wish that the National Assembly, Government and localities will give the priority to development investment, focusing public investment on key areas, after watching a live-broadcast discussion on October 29.

Transport Minister Nguyen Van The reported to the National Assembly the pace of implementation and investment disbursement of two key infrastructure projects, the eastern section of the North-South Highway and the Long Thanh International Airport.

 Lawmakers discussed the State budget estimate for 2018 and the  allocation for 2019, as well as the State budget financial plan for 2019-2021 during the ongoing sixth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) in Hanoi on October 29.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 29 welcomed a delegation from the European Parliament (EP)’s Committee on Fisheries led by Gabriel Mato, MEP and committee spokesperson.

 Deputies of the 14th National Assembly will start three-day question-and-answer session on October 30 during their ongoing sixth session.

 The Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of VN Central Committee yesterday announced the outcomes of its 30th session held in Hanoi on October 17-19, giving conclusions on wrongdoings at several Party organisations.

 Legislators will look into State budget and the mid-term public investment plan on October 29, during the sixth session of the 14th National Assembly. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to impose a disciplinary measure against Nguyen Bac Son due to his violations when he served as Minister of Information and Communications for the 2011-2016 tenure.

 Vietnam always calls on all concerned parties to avoid militarisation, restrain, implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) fully and effectively, and build a practical and effective Code of Conduct in the East Sea.

 Chairman of the People’s Committee of southwestern Tay Ninh province Pham Van Tan and Mayor of Cambodia’s Kampongcham province Kouch Chamroeun on October 27 signed a new cooperation agreement between the two localities for 2018-2022.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Permanent Vietnam Mission to the United Nations, attended the First Committee on Disarmament and International Security’s debate on conventional weapons on October 24.

 Representatives from Vietnam’s level-2 field hospital in South Sudan attended a ceremony in Bentiu on October 24 to mark the 73rd United Nations Day, according to Quan Doi Nhan dan newspaper.

 The discussion on October 25 during the 6th session of the 14th National Assembly on the draft revised anti-corruption law showed deputies’ views still differed on several major issues in the bill.  

 French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 2-4 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.