The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee and the Government jointly held a conference in Hanoi on August 22 to review progress of the law and ordinance making programme in the 15th tenure.

Secretary of the Party Committee of Quang Nam province Phan Viet Cuong on August 22 received Let Xaynhaphon, Secretary of the Party Committee of Laos’s Attapeu province, who is leading a delegation to visit the Vietnamese central locality.

A delegation of the Lao Ministry of Justice led by Minister Phayvy Siboualipha paid a working visit to the northern province of Ha Nam on August 21.

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

On the occasion, participants also had a chance to join cultural and sport exchanges, and visit tourist destinations in Quảng Bình.

A delegation of the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission led by its standing vice chairman Lai Xuan Mon paid a working visit to Mexico from August 15-20 to exchange experience with local political parties in information and education as well as strengthen bilateral friendship and cooperation.

The State, Government and National Assembly (NA) leaders of Vietnam have cabled messages of congratulations to their Hungarian counterparts on the occasion of the National Day of Hungary (August 20).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision on the establishment of a council to appraise the national master planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision towards 2050.

Raymonde Dien is a member of the French Communist Party and a symbol of the fight against the war by French colonialists in Việt Nam

The office of the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Secretariat of the Lao National Assembly held theỉr 11th annual seminar and exchange, in the central province of Quang Binh on August 20.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, held a working session with President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Csaba Kőrösi on August 19 to discuss UNGA’s working priorities as well as Vietnam’s issues of concern.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man hosted a reception for Secretary General of the National Assembly of Laos Pingkham Lasasimma in the central province of Quang Binh on August 19.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a teleconference with Vietnamese trade representative offices abroad on August 19 linked with 62 locations.

Tran Tuan Anh, Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, led a Party delegation to visit Belgium and the European Union (EU) from August 16-19.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on August 19.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received former Special Ambassador for Vietnam-Japan Sugi Ryotaro in Hanoi on August 19.

The Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security on August 18 arrested Nguyễn Tiến Thân, a specialist at the Government Office’s department of international relations

The letter said Cuba and its people are struggling against a range of difficulties and challenges as they continue to suffer a strict economic embargo amid COVID-19 pandemic

In 2021, two-way trade exceeded US$630 million, tripling the figure recorded before the free trade agreement between Việt Nam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) came into force in 2016

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