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

The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission meted out disciplinary measures against many officials during its 14th meeting on April 19-20.

Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (the lower house) Om Birla and his entourage left Ho Chi Minh City on April 21 evening, successfully wrapping up his three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

The highest priority of the Vietnamese Party and State is to ensure security, life and property safety, as well as legal and legitimate interests of Vietnamese citizens and legal entities in Ukraine and related regions, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang told a press conference on April 21.

Vietnam hopes other countries and territories will simplify entry rules for Vietnamese travellers in order to boost economic recovery, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang during a routine press conference on April 21.

Nguyen Van Nen, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, on April 20 hosted a reception for Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (the lower house) Om Birla, who is on an official visit to Vietnam.

Spokesperson for the foreign ministry Lê Thị Thu Hằng said on Thursday that Việt Nam wants to promote trade relations with China, with the freight intermodal railway being an effective mode of transport.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on April 21.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính will be attending the US-ASEAN Special Summit in Washington DC between May 12-13, 2022, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed.

Việt Nam is holding an increasingly important position in the region and the world, and the US wants to grasp every opportunity to join Việt Nam as it looks to the future, US Ambassador Marc Evans Knapper said on Wednesday.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee and the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee held an annual joint conference on April 20 to review their coordination in 2021 and identify focuses for this year.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng has received Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (the lower house) Om Birla, who is paying an official visit to Việt Nam.

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

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi expressed their delight at the recent strides in the strategic partnership between the two countries during their phone talks on April 20.

Vietnam is holding an increasingly important position in the region and the world, and the US wants to grasp every opportunity to join Vietnam as it looks to the future, US Ambassador Marc Evans Knapper said on April 20.

Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (lower house) Om Birla on April 20 visited Ha Long Bay, a world natural heritage site in northern Quang Ninh province, as part of his official trip to Vietnam.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on April 20.

Cooperation through Party channels plays an important role in orienting ties between Việt Nam and China, said officials in charge of external relations of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) during their talks held via videoconferencing on Tuesday. 

Iran attaches importance to its relations with Ho Chi Minh City, Iranian Ambassador to Vietnam Ali Akbar Nazari told Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Phan Van Mai.

National Assembly Secretary General and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong had a meeting with Secretary General of the Indian Lok Sabha (lower house) Utpal Kumar Singh in Hanoi on April 19 within the framework of the official visit to Vietnam by Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla.