The Czech Republic always regards the Vietnamese community as part of its people, President of the Senate of the Czech Republic Milan Stech told Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung during their meeting in Hanoi on November 17.

 The National Assembly (NA) continued its second day of Q&A sessions yesterday, with all cabinet members attending the event for the first time.

 Officers of Vietnam and South Africa met in the Vietnam-South Africa Defence Policy Dialogue in Hanoi on November 17, focusing on orientations to promote defence links between the two nations in the near future.

 Vietnam and the Czech Republic see great potential in a wide range of sectors, particularly scientific research, Czech Senate President Milan Stech said while meeting with President Truong Tan Sang in Hanoi on November 16. 

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and PM John Key agreed to lift up the two-trade volume between Viet Nam and New Zealand to US$1.7 billion by 2020 during their talks in Ha Noi on November 15.

 National Assembly deputies agreed with the need to pass a Law on Religion and Belief, but called for more specificity in the proposed law to address fundamental issues concerning religious freedom in Viet Nam.

 New Zealand Prime Minister John Key arrives in Viet Nam today to begin his official visit to the country from November 14 to 17 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

  Vietnam once again affirmed it has full historical and legalevidence for its sovereignty claim over islands in the East Sea at the 25thannual workshop on constraining latent conflicts in the East Sea in Indonesia.

 National Assembly deputies on November 12 approved a draft resolution on investment policy for national target programmes for 2016-2020 with 88.26 percent of votes in favour. 

VietNamNet Bridge - National Assembly Deputies have urged the Ministry of Finance to check current laws on tax payment management for services provided across the border such as Facebook’s and Google’s.

 The Angolan Embassy in Vietnam on November 11 held a ceremony to mark the 40 th anniversaries of National Day of Angola (November 11, 1975) and diplomatic ties between the two countries (November 12).

Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh suggested Vietnam and the US work more on post-war consequence settlement, focusing on searching for US servicemen’s missed remains, unexploded ordnances clearance and Agent Orange/dioxin decontamination.