
A grand meeting was held in Hanoi on June 3 to mark the 70th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s call for patriotic emulation on June 11, 1948.

The Vietnamese Government and people always attach much importance to the relations with Japan, President Tran Dai Quang said during a meeting with the Japanese Emperor and Empress in Tokyo on May 30.

President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse arrived in Tokyo at noon on May 29, beginning a State-level visit to Japan which will last until June 2.

Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Xuan Thang led a delegation to pay a working visit to Shenzhen city in Guangdong province of China on May 27-28.

Lawmakers continued reviewing the implementation of socio-economic development and the state budget plans for 2017 during the National Assembly’s May 26 plenary sitting, chaired by NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to strengthening its relations with Australia, during his meeting with visiting Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove in Hanoi on May 24.

Party General Secretary, Nguyen Phu Trong, signed the issuance of a Resolution of the 7th meeting of the 12th Party Central Committee on the reform of salary policy for civil servants, public employees, the armed forces, and workers of enterprises (Resolution 27-NQ/TW) on May 21.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong stressed the decisive role of the organisation and personnel work in the success of the revolution in Vietnam and Laos in the new situations.

Potential for enhancing trade ties between India and CLMV countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) was highlighted at a conference which opened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 21.

The fifth plenary of the 14th National Assembly opened on May 21 in the capital of Hanoi, with the laws on special economic zones, cyber-security and defence high on the agenda.

A wide range of activities to celebrate the 128th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh are taking place from May 17 to 19 at the Kim Lien relic site in Nam Dan district, Nghe An province, the hometown of the President.

Senior Vietnamese leaders laid a wreath at the mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh on the morning of May 18 to mark the occasion of the 128th anniversary of the birth of the founder of modern Vietnam.

The 16th meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Commission on Economic, Cultural, and Scientific-Technological Cooperation was held in Hanoi on May 17 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 16 visited the central province of Thua Thien - Hue to inspect the compensation payments for local fishermen affected by the Formosa-related marine environmental incident and residents’ efforts to stabilize their lives.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has hailed the current Vietnam visit by Lao Minister of Science and Technology and Chairman of the Lao National Scientific Institute Boviengkham Vongdara for contributing to lifting ties between the two countries.

Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan welcomed the Vietnam visit by Governor of Assam State of India Sarbananda Sonowal to seek business opportunities with Vietnamese localities during their talks in Hanoi on May 14.

After six days of work with a high spirit of responsibility, the seventh plenary session of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) completed all of the contents of its agenda. The Party Central Committee brought into play ahigh level of democracy and wisdom, and frankly discussed the projects on the building of a contingent of senior officials, especially at a strategic level, with sufficient virtue, capacity and prestige on a par with their assigned tasks in the new circumstance.

The draft plan on reforming social insurance policy received much support from members of the 12th-tenure Party Central Committee (PCC) when it was discussed at the fourth working day of the committee’s 7th plenary session on May 10.

The Party Central Committee (PCC) elected two additional members, namely Tran Cam Tu and Tran Thanh Man, to the Secretariat on May 9, during the third day of its 7th plenum.

Members of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) discussed a project on building a contingent of cadres at all levels, especially strategic level, with sufficient virtue, capacity and prestige on par with their assigned tasks during the second working day of their 7th plenary session in Hanoi on May 8.

The first working day of the 7th plenary session of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) took place in Hanoi on May 7.

The 12th-tenure Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee convened its seventh plenary session in Hanoi on May 7, under the chair of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The Embassy of Vietnam to Chile celebrated the 43th anniversary of the liberation of southern Vietnam and national reunification (April 30, 1975) in a ceremony on April 28 which gathered the Vietnamese community in Chile and many foreign guests.

The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) opened in Singapore on April 27 ahead of the 32nd ASEAN Summit.