Politics

  Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam  (Remarks by H.E. Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam at the National Cultural Conference, November 24, 2021)   —–   Comrade leaders and former leaders of the Party, State and Viet …

  Chairman of the National Assembly’s Economic Committee speaks at the NA’s extraordinary meeting in Hà Nội on Tuesday on the investment plan for the eastern section of the North-South Expressway. Photo chinhphu.vn HÀ NỘI The National Assembly on Tuesday ratified a resolution on building the eastern section of the …

  Deputy Vũ Thị Lưu Mai from Hà Nội addresses the meeting. VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — National Assembly (NA) deputies continued their extraordinary meeting on Monday discussing a draft law on amendments and supplements to several articles of eight different laws. The eight laws under the spotlight are …

  Deputy Health Minister Trương Quốc Cường. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Deputy Health Minister Trương Quốc Cường and 13 others are facing charges for their role in counterfeiting cancer medicines labelled as Health 2000 Canada, according to a new indictment issued by the Supreme People’s Procuracy. Cường and two other officials – Nguyễn …

  Tất Thành Cang (R) and Tề Trí Dũng at the court. VNA/VnExpress News Photo HCM CITY — The People’s Court of HCM City on January 8 sentenced Tất Thành Cang, former Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee, to 10 years in prison on the charge of “violating regulations on the management and …

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ (centre) and high-level officials at the launch ceremony. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Doãn Tấn HÀ NỘI — Four new legal technology applications have been launched to support the Supreme People’s Court. The launching ceremony was attended by National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vương Đình Huệ in Hà Nội.  The …

  Foreign citizens visiting Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hà Nội in February 2021. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will discontinue automatic stay extension for foreign nationals in the country starting January 15, as the country tentatively reopens its borders, according to a notice from Immigration Department. For …

Lao defence minister Gen. Vilay Lakhamphon (centre, right) presented Lao State’s orders to 16 collectives and 41 individuals of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Vietnamese people’s public security forces (August 19, 1945-2020) during the ceremony held in Hà Nội on Sunday. — …

  President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (right) meets Lao Minister of Public Security Gen. Vilay Lakhamphong. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Monday for Lao Minister of Public Security Gen. Vilay Lakhamphong, during which he appreciated the latter’s efforts to promote the …

  Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and Lao PM Phankham Viphavanh witnessed the signing of the agreement on cooperation plan in 2022 between Việt Nam and Laos on the sidelines of the 44th session of the Việt Nam – Laos Inter-governmental Committee in Hà Nội on Monday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ …