Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang passed away at 10:05am on September 21 in Hanoi at the age of 62.

The 27th meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee concluded on September 20 after nine working days to prepare important contents for the NA’s sixth session slated for October.

The 35th ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA) Board Meeting wrapped up on September 19, after two days of working, in Nha Trang city, in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

The ASOCIO Smart City Summit 2018, themed “Creating Smarter City and Securer City by Digital Solutions,” kicked off in Hanoi on September 18. The two-day event is jointly held by the Hanoi People’s Committee, the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) and the Vietnam Software and IT Services (Vinasa).

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception on September 17 for Hungarian Chief Prosecutor Peter Polt who is on a visit to Vietnam to expand cooperation with the country’s Supreme People’s Procuracy.

The hosting of the Asian Associations of Supreme Audit Institutions’s 14th Assembly shows the ASOSAI community’s high valuation of the State Audit of Vietnam, while contributing to enhancing the prestige of Vietnam’s external activities, including those of the National Assembly, said NA Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien.

The World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF) 2018, themed “ASEAN 4.0: Entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, wrapped up on September 13 after three working days with nearly 60 discussions.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of attaching importance to strengthening and expanding friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Indonesia, during his reception for Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Hanoi on September 12.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and his entourage left Budapest on September 11 afternoon, successfully concluding his official visit to Hungary at the invitation of the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

President Tran Dai Quang’s state visits to Ethiopia and Egypt from August 23-28 have created new momentum for bilateral relations between Vietnam and the two countries, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vu Hong Nam has said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has reiterated the Government’s resolve to control inflation, noting that although the consumer price index in July fell slightly from the previous month, the pressure of rising inflation remains considerable.

Vietnam News Agency talks to Đinh Thế Hưng PhD, Head of the Criminal Law Department at the Institute of State and Law, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, about cases in which the court may permit a closed trial instead of an open (or public) trial in light of the upcoming trial of Phan Văn Anh Vũ.

The Politburo and the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) have decided to take disciplinary action against three high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defence for their multiple wrongdoings.

A national programme on new rural development, which originally focused on improving livelihoods and living quality for residents in rural communes, will be scaled down to hamlet and village levels in remote and economically disadvantaged areas.

President Trần Đại Quang visited the northern province of Hưng Yên on Friday to meet local authorities, offer incense and flowers at revolutionary relic sites, and visit a family who greatly contributed to the revolution.  

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc received President of the Japan-Mekong Parliamentary Friendship Association Ryu Shionoya in Hà Nội on Friday, asking him to encourage Japan to enhance ties with Việt Nam.

The Vietnamese Government always wishes to bolster cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in all aspects based on each side’s potential, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the new UAE Ambassador to Việt Nam Obaid Saeed Bintaresh Al Dhaheri in Hà Nội on Friday.

The Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade and Commerce and Ministry of Defence have been urged to complete a system under which senior law enforcement officials will be rotated from their posts in border areas that have been classed as smuggling hotspots.

The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee held its 28th session from July 24-26, focusing on violations of regulations committed by several units and individuals.  

Việt Nam wishes to further promote the friendship and cooperation with the European Union (EU), Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has told Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) Bernd Lange.