President Tran Dai Quang wrote an article entitled "APEC Vietnam 2017 - Fostering a shared future in a changing world" just ahead of the APEC 2017 Economic Leaders' Week, which is taking place in the central city of Da Nang from November 6-11 with the focal event being the 25th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.

The Ministry of Finance on January 5 announced 10 draft decrees that will guide implementation of several free trade agreements, drawing a roadmap to zero percent import tariffs for many goods.

The National Assembly Standing Committee convened its 20th session in Hanoi on January 10, which is scheduled to deal with a range of matters within one and a half days.

Promoting effective cooperation with the United Nations is always a top priority of Vietnam’s foreign policies, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a ceremony to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Vietnam’s membership to the UN in Hanoi on October 17.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked ministries to strengthen the management of temporary import of cars of individuals who enjoy privileges and tax exemptions in Vietnam.

The European Commission has issued a "yellow card" warning to Vietnam, after the country failed to demonstrate sufficient progress in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing worldwide.

President Tran Dai Quang’s freshly-concluded State visits to India and Bangladesh have gained successes in all spheres, said Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Dinh Quy.

Nguyen Quang Dung, Director General of the Department of Salary Affairs under the Ministry of Home Affairs, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about proposed changes in the future wage system. The proposals will be discussed at the Party Central Committee’s meeting, which opens on May 7 in Hanoi.

The 12th Party Central Committee wrapped up its sixth plenum in Hanoi on October 11 after seven working days in a serious, democratic and responsible manner.

The Government has requested ministries and agencies to further review and remove at least one third or half of existing business conditions in the fields under their management as well as administrative procedures that are hindering businesses’ investment.

The nation’s population policy must be integrated with other socio-economic factors including national defense and security to ensure rapid and sustainable development, experts said on November 29 in Hanoi.

Cabinet members focused discussions on the building of institutions during a regular meeting in Hanoi on December 29, also the last sitting of the Government in 2017.

Former National Assembly member Chau Thi Thu Nga was sentenced to life imprisonment for swindling to appropriate assets after a two-week trial that concluded on October 16.

Since the beginning of 2017, 5,000 administrative procedures and 24 conditional business lines have been trimmed, with another 3,000 business conditions on the chopping block, the Vietnamese Government said recently.

One way to resolve environmental disputes, especially between citizens and polluting businesses as witnessed in recent times, is through litigation.

Tourists from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Italy will continue to be exempted from visa until June 2021, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a Government meeting on May 3.

The 26th annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) from January 18-21 adopted the Hanoi Declaration, setting forth a new vision for Asia-Pacific parliamentary partnership.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered a speech at the Vietnam Business Summit which was held in the central city of Da Nang on November 7.nbsp;

The strategic partnership between Việt Nam and Japan is expected to enter a new period of development, especially in the fields of trade, economy, defence-security, health, high technology, locality-to-locality co-operation, and people-to-people exchanges.

Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyễn Phương Nga, head of the Việt Nam Permanent Mission to the United Nations, deposited with the UN Secretary General Việt Nam’s instrument of ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on May 17, becoming the 10th country ratifying the document.