The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission announced on June 2 violations in the purchase of 95 per cent of shares at the AVG Audiovisual JSC by the MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation. 

Leaders of the central Argentinean provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Cordoba expressed their wish to boost ties with Việt Nam in economy, trade and investment during a meeting with Prime Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in Hà Nội on June 1.

The National Assembly yesterday agreed to remove the master plan on the development of notarisation from a law being drafted to amend planning-related laws.

A ceremony marking the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and Japan was held in Tokyo yesterday.

President Trần Đại Quang urged for more exchanges in legislation practices between Việt Nam’s National Assembly and Japan’s House of Representatives.

The principle of presumption of innocence provided in the 2015 Criminal Procedure Code concretizes Article 31.1 of the 2013 Constitution and is vital in guaranteeing the human rights and citizens’ rights in criminal proceedings.

President of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe have reached high consensus on major orientations and concrete measures to advance the Vietnam-Japan extensive strategic partnership in a more comprehensive, practical and efficient manner.

The successful organization of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum 2017 creates a new milestone in the process of international integration of Vietnam and demonstrates the country’s strategic vision toward the region, President Tran Dai Quang said at a ceremony to review the APEC Year 2017 in Hanoi on November 27.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull on March 15 signed a joint statement on the establishment of the Vietnam-Australia Strategic Partnership following their talks in Canberra, Australia, as part of the Vietnamese premier’s official visit.

Priority should be given to fine-tuning mechanisms to further improve the business climate and the efficiency of state-owned enterprises as well as public administrative units, especially the private sector.

Vietnam is committed, along with other member countries, to build a united and self-reliant ASEAN Community, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the 50th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on August 8 in Hanoi.

President Tran Dai Quang and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi exchanged specific measures to enhance the bilateral cooperation in wide-ranging fields during their talks in Hanoi on September 6.

The Supreme People’s Court on July 18 held a ceremony in Hanoi to officially launch its website to publish court judgments and decisions at http://congbobanan.toaan.gov.vn.

Administrative procedures in many ministries, sectors and localities remain complex, causing difficulties for enterprises, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the monthly Government meeting on August 30.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc pledged the Government would continue to improve the business climate for the private sector to thrive, stressing their critical role in national growth.

Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, World Trade Organization and other international organizations in Geneva, has been elected Chairman of the World Intellectual Property Organization General Assembly for 2018-2019.

There remain many difficulties in the implementation of different versions of Resolution 19 on improving the business environment and national competitiveness over the past four years, particularly unequal participation of different ministries, sectors and localities and delay in the implementation of tasks and solutions.

Vietnam and Myanmar plan to deepen cooperation in the future, leaders said at a meeting in Naypyidaw on August 25.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked ministers and heads of sectors to take measures to ensure their ministries and agencies reach this year's growth target.

Extra efforts are needed to better the country’s business environment, but Vietnam is ready to do whatever it takes to overcome low productivity, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at the International Conference on Substantially Improving the Business Environment to Strengthen Economic Growth, held on March 15 in Hanoi.