The Office of the President held a press conference on June 28 to announce President Tran Dai Quang’s order on the promulgation of seven new laws, including the new cybersecurity law and six other revised laws on national defense, denunciation, competition, planning, mapping, and physical education and sports.

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith and his spouse are on a visit to Việt Nam from July 3-7 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Nguyễn Phú Trọng and President Trần Đại Quang.

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has affirmed his support for enhancing all-round cooperation with Việt Nam during his reception for visiting Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh yesterday.

Facebook had fixed a map wrongfully depicting Hoàng Sa (Paracel) and Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelagoes as Chinese territory after the Vietnamese government made complaint about the mistake on Sunday.

This year’s first national governmental e-meeting opened on Monday morning with Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc asking officials to focus on solutions instead of boasting about past achievements.

Cà Mau Province authorities has asked the Government for more than VNĐ622 billion (US$27 million) to finance 12 projects for relocating people from areas eroded by the sea and rivers.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ spoke of Việt Nam’s socio-economic development and policies during discussions within the Việt Nam Executive Leadership Programme (VELP) in Massachusetts, the US, on June 28-29. 

The Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence held a political-military conference in Hà Nội on Thursday to review the outcomes of military and defence work in the first half of 2018 and launch tasks for the remaining months.

President Trần Đại Quang on Thursday hosted a reception for President of the Republic of Nauru Baron Waqa, who is in Việt Nam to attend the sixth Global Environment Facility Assembly (GEF-6).

The Office of the President held a press conference on June 28 to announce President Trần Đại Quang’s order on the promulgation of seven new laws – including the new cybersecurity law and six other revised laws on national defence, denunciation, competition, planning, mapping, and physical education and sports.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said that the economic, trade and investment cooperation was the focus and driving force of Việt Nam’s relationship with the United States.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has expressed his hope that President of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Borge Brende will create favourable conditions for Việt Nam to promote its image and role as the host of the WEF-ASEAN 2018 slated for September 11-13.

Việt Nam’s Defence Ministry has confirmed it will be sending eight naval officers to participate in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise in Hawai from July 1 – 31.

Vice President of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Hà Nội Vũ Hồng Khanh and President of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Committee of Vientiane Bounthieng Khounsy held talks in Hà Nội yesterday to share experiences in front activities.

Việt Nam is among four countries in Southeast Asia selected to become training sites for UN peacekeeping forces, with the first training course to be held in Việt Nam at the end of this year.

Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh has asked Governor of Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture, Hiroshi Ogawa, to boost its investment in Việt Nam in auto manufacturing, digital technology, renewable energy, environmental protection, climate change adaptation, and clean agriculture.

The Superior People’s Court, an appellate jurisdiction in Hà Nội, on June 26 maintained the charges and upheld the sentences against Đinh La Thăng and five of his accomplices in the case involving the State-owned oil group PetroVietnam (PVN)’s contribution of VNĐ800 billion to the private-owned Oceanbank.

The Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption held a national conference on corruption prevention in Hà Nội on Monday, chaired by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

The public have expressed their trust in the resolve of the Communist Party of Việt Nam and the State to fight corruption ahead of the national conference on corruption prevention yesterday, according to officials.

Vietnamese Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh concluded her official visit to Laos after leaving the country’s Luang Prabang Province yesterday.