The nomination will be subject to a vote at the upcoming sitting of the National Assembly which will convene on October 22.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan arrived in Antalya, Turkey, on the afternoon of October 8 (local time) to attend the third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments.

 Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh will pay an official visit to the UK and attend the 17th Francophonie Summit in Yerevan, Armenia from October 9-12. 

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined leaders of Japan and the Greater Mekong Subregion countries at the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit that opened in Tokyo on October 9.

Chairwoman of the Vietnamese NA Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin in Turkey on October 8.

 “The fight against corruption should last long and persistence and patience is needed,” the Party chief emphasized.

Vietnam and Japan will closely cooperate with each other to bring forward their extensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia into a new period of more comprehensive and pragmatic development.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-level Vietnamese delegation to attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Gathering and pay a working to visit Indonesia from October 11 - 12.

 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe had talks in Tokyo on October 8, reaching consensus on various measures.

HCMC now has 11,680 civil servants and officials working for administrative agencies and 120,000 people working for public service units. Many of them have quitted because of heavy workload and low payment.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s trip to Japan for the 10th Mekong – Japan Summit and a visit of the country demonstrates the importance that Vietnam attaches to its extensive strategic partnership with the Northeast Asian nation.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hosted an official welcome ceremony for and had talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Tokyo on October 8 morning.

 Respect-paying and memorial ceremonies for former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Do Muoi, who passed away on October 1, have been organised at the Vietnamese Embassies across the world.

 The Funeral Board and the family of former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Do Muoi expressed thanks following the burial service for the leader in his hometown on October 7.

 The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee will cast a vote of confidence on members of its Politburo and Secretariat at its ninth session slated for this December.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and entourage arrived in Tokyo on late afternoon of October 7 to attend the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting and visit Japan.

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-ranking delegation from the Vietnamese legislature arrived in Istanbul, the capital city of Turkey, on October 7 afternoon (local time).

 A burial service for former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Do Muoi took place in his native land in Dong My commune, Thanh Tri district, Hanoi at 1pm of October 7.

 Leaders of Cambodia and Russia, as well as those of foreign parties have sent their condolences to leaders of the Vietnamese Party, State, Government, people and family of Do Muoi over the former Party chief’s passing away.

 The Party, State and people of Vietnam will do their best, together with the Lao counterparts, to preserve and develop the Vietnam-Laos special relationship.