More than 1,650 international delegates from 112 countries and territories across the world and over 20,000 Vietnamese Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns and followers attended the opening ceremony of the 16th UN Day of Vesak 2019 on May 12 at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Kim Bang district in northern Ha Nam province.
At the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation will pay an official visit to Vietnam from May 9-13 and will attend the UN Day of Vesak.
The 14th National Assembly Standing Committee opened its 34th session on May 8 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed Crown Princess of Sweden Victoria Ingrid Alice Desiree in Hanoi on May 7, affirming that her official visit to Vietnam is of significance in the context of the 50th anniversary of the two nations’ diplomatic ties.
The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien held a solemn ceremony on May 6 to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the founding of the province (June 28), the 70th anniversary of the founding of the provincial Party Committee (October 10), the 65th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7), and to receive the Independence Order, First Class.
The Vietnamese Party and State leaders sent congratulatory letters to Japanese Emperor Naruhito on his ascension to the throne on May 1.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, accompanied by a working delegation and donors, visited and presented gifts worth a total of VND800 million (US$34,400) to policy beneficial households and students of needy families in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on April 28.
The PM was welcomed by Chinese Ambassador to Viet Nam Xiong Bo and Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a working session of the 13th National Party Congress’s sub-committee on socio-economic affairs in Hanoi on April 23 with the participation of leaders of Hanoi and 12 other localities.
Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan is leading a delegation to attend an international seminar on political parties for Asia-Europe cooperation, held in Yerevan, Armenia from April 14 to 18.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived at the Vaclav Havel international airport in Prague, the Czech Republic, in the afternoon of April 16, beginning an official visit to the country at the invitation of his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis.
The 7th plenary session of the National Assembly (NA) is expected to open on May 20 and last until June 13, the parliament’s General Secretary Nguyen Hanh Phuc has stated.
An incense-offering ceremony was held by the Phu Tho provincial authorities at the Hung Kings Temple Special National Historical Relic Site on Nghia Linh Mountain on the morning of April 14 (the 10th day of the third lunar month) to commemorate the Hung Kings, Vietnam’s legendary nation founders.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands will pay an official visit to Vietnam on April 9.
National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held talks with President of the European Parliament (EP) Antonio Tajani in Brussels on April 4.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the Government’s regular meeting in Hanoi on April 2, to assess the socio-economic situation in March and the first quarter of the year.
National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA arrived at Orly Airport in Paris at 17:25 on March 30 (local time), beginning an official visit to France at the invitation of President of the French NA Richard Ferrand.
Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA arrived at Rabat-Sale Airport in the capital city of Morocco, Rabat, on March 27 (local time), starting her official visit to the North African country at the invitation of President of the Moroccan House of Representatives Habib El Malki.
Politburo member Nguyen Van Binh, head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, received Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov in Hanoi on March 27, affirming that there remains much potential for stronger bilateral economic ties.
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam began his State visit to Vietnam on March 26 at the invitation of Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong has applauded substantive progress in Party building work as a result of the implementation of the Resolution of the 4th plenum of the 12th Party Central Committee and the Politburo’s Directive 05 on following the moral example of President Ho Chi Minh.
The sub-committee on the Communist Party of Vietnam’s statutes for the 13th National Party Congress convened its second meeting in Hanoi on March 20.
The annual National Press Festival 2019, themed “Renovated, creative, responsible Vietnamese press for the interests of the nation and people”, wrapped up in Hanoi on March 17.
The annual National Press Festival 2019, themed “Renovated, creative, responsible Vietnamese press for the interests of the nation and people”, wrapped up in Hanoi on March 17.
Tin Khu Vực 
