Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to its relations with the US at a reception for US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Hanoi on July 9.  

 Issues relating to the management of apartment buildings and the quality of non-public kindergartens dominated the question and answer session as the 15th Hanoi People’s Council wrapped up its sixth meeting yesterday.

 The Vietnamese delegation has actively contributed to the discussions at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which wrapped up on July 7 in Geneva, Switzerland after three weeks of sitting. 

 HCM City authorities must continue to mobilise all resources and fully tap the potential and advantages the city has to achieve breakthroughs in its seven key economic development programmes.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh paid an official visit to Romania on July 6 and 7 at the invitation of Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu. 

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday praised the contribution of foreign non-governmental organisations to Vietnam’s economic and social development, with US$4.3 billion of aid poured into the country over the last two decades.

The upcoming official visit to Romania by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh aims to reaffirm Vietnam’s consistency in its foreign policy and deepen the efficiency-oriented cooperation between the two countries.

 The following is some of the key instructions and policies announced by the Government of Viet Nam from June 23-July 1.

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Vice President Phankham Viphavan have urged Vietnam’s Ministry of Home Affairs to continue assisting its Lao counterpart in personnel training, particularly at the district level. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has called on the Bulgarian National Assembly (NA) to support the Governments of Vietnam and Bulgaria in taking measures to develop the bilateral ties comprehensively and pragmatically. 

 The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic has expressed deep concern about the remark on Vietnam made by Lubomir Zaoralek, Chairman of the Czech Chamber of Deputies’ Foreign Affairs Committee, at the committee’s meeting on June 21.

 Nine new laws will become effective on July 1, 2018, including the Law on Public Debt Management; Law on amendments and supplementations to some articles of the Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has assured Bulgarian leaders that the Vietnamese government and people want to strengthen friendship and cooperation with Bulgaria.

 Major media agencies from the six member countries of the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) engaged in discussions on July 3 on enhancing communication cooperation to boost tourism in the region.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue is paying an official visit to Brazil from July 2-3 with the aim to boost the Vietnam-Brazil relations.

The 14th NA adopted at its 5th session a resolution on continuing to improve and enforce policies and laws on the management and use of State capital and assets in enterprises and during the equitisation of State-owned enterprises.

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith and his spouse are on a visit to Vietnam from July 3-7.

The successful cooperation between Vietnamese and Lao justice bodies has made practical contributions to the protection of their shared borderline, said Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked for solutions to raise gross regional domestic product (GRDP) during a teleconference between the government and localities on July 2. 

 Minister of Home Affairs Le Vinh Tan suggested the Prime Minister assign administrative units to reduce personnel by 2 percent per year during a teleconference between the Government and localities on July 2.