Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 24 chaired a Government law-building session during which participants discussed the draft Capital Law (revised); the draft Law on Road Traffic Order Safety; the draft Road Traffic Law; and the draft Law on Defence Industry, Industry Security and Encouragement.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

The upcoming Vietnam visit by Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong carries a significant meaning in the Vietnam-Singapore ties, both at present and in the future, according to Associate Prof. Vu Minh Khuong from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy under National University of Singapore.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son received Chief Representative of Japan’s Komeito party Yamaguchi Natsuo in Hanoi on August 23.

A delegation from Ho Chi Minh City led by Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairwoman of the People's Council Nguyen Thi Le visited the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and several establishments in Havana on August 22 (local time).

A delegation from Ho Chi Minh City led by Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairwoman of the People's Council Nguyen Thi Le visited the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and several establishments in Havana on August 22 (local time).

Chief Representative of Japan’s Komeito party Yamaguchi Natsuo talked about his country’s cooperation with Vietnam and the development prospects for the time ahead, during a press meeting in Hanoi on August 23.

Colonel Le Dinh Vu, Deputy Director of the Ministry of National Defence’s Department of Military Science and head of the office of the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences, held a working session with a visiting delegation from the US Senate Committee on Appropriations in Hanoi on August 23.

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

Visiting President of the Belgian Senate Stéphanie D'Hose on August 23 expressed her impression of Thua Thien-Hue’s high Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI), which, she said, demonstrated the central province’s dynamic development.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from August 27-29.

A State-level funeral will be held for Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh, who passed away on August 22 night at his home in Hai Phong city after a period of illness.

President of the Belgian Senate Stéphanie D'Hose on August 23 paid a working visit to the central province of Quang Tri, which is running a kindergarten education project funded by the Belgian Government.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

Secretary of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Van Nen on August 23 hosted a reception for Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, who is on a working visit to the southern metropolis.

A conference to exchange experiences on front works and to review the implementation a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Kon Tum province and Laos’s Attapeu and Sekong provinces on cooperation opened in Kon Tum on August 23.

President Vo Van Thuong has hailed the ongoing visit by Chief Representative of Japan's Komeito party Yamaguchi Natsuo on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties this year, and believed that the trip would contribute to promoting bilateral cooperation.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hosted a reception for visiting Komeito paty Chief Representative Yamaguchi Natsuo in Hanoi on August 23.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh passed away on August 22 night at his home in Hai Phong city after a period of illness, according to the Central Committee on Health Care for Senior Governmental Officials. He was 61.

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.