Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed on October 15 that the Government will take more drastic actions to protect the environment, including returning imported containers of waste to their source countries.

The National Assembly Standing Committee spent the whole day discussing reports evaluating the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and State budget in 2019 during the 38th session yesterday.

Vice Chairwoman of the NA Tong Thi Phong had separate meetings with President of the IPU Gabriela Cuevas Barron and Vice President of the Cuban NA Ana Maria Mari Machado yesterday on the sidelines of the 141st IPU Assembly.

Senior officials from foreign ministries of ASEAN countries and China gathered in Da Lat to discuss recent complicated developments, especially on-going incidents in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has been appointed to run the Ministry of Health's Party activities, replacing the former Secretary Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.

ASEAN, Japan deputy defence chiefs gather in Tokyo

With the opening of direct flights linking Việt Nam with India, Việt Nam Ambassador in India Phạm Sanh Châu said he is looking forward to a new era of potential development in cultural, economic and tourism relations between the two countries.

The Communist Party of Vietnam yesterday decided to remove Party membership of two former information ministers who were involved in the controversial deal between State-owned telecom operator Mobifone and a private TV company. 

Implementing the agenda of the whole tenure, the 12th Party Central Committee convened its 11th plenary meeting in Hanoi from October 7-12 to discuss and give opinions on draft reports to be submitted to the 13th National Party Congress.

The analysis must be predictable about the global and regional situation and impact on the country.

China’s survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi-8 and its escorts have conducted regular oil exploration activities and expanded operations in the Tu Chinh-Vung May or Vanguard Bank region of Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

Vietnam has become a natural partner of Russia in its look-east policy for various reasons, said Ivan Timofeev, Director of Programmes at the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).

China, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Brunei all approved the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS). This Convention prohibits the use of and threat of using force in the settlement of disputes at sea.

Party building: Filling in “loopholes” in personnel work

Tensions in the East Sea are still under control, without armed war, but the acts of using or threatening to use force have been recorded with many different forms.

NA Vice Chairman receives EU business official

Vietnam always wishes to work together with neighbouring countries to build common borders of peace, friendship, cooperation and development, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Cambodian PM concludes Vietnam visit

Revisions to the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam were debated yesterday by the National Assembly Committee for National Defence and Security.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has taken responsibility at a press conference on October 2 for nine Vietnamese people who absconded while on an official delegation to South Korea.