Politics - Society

Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich called on parties concerned to work together to solve disputes in peaceful atmosphere, with partnership spirit and for community responsibility while addressing the fifth plenary session of the 18th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 2.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met with leaders of the Japanese Government and parliament, along with Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, on the sidelines of the 25th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo on May 30.

The National Assembly discussed the Government's supplementary report on socio-economic and State budget performance in 2018 and first months of 2019, and the balance of the State budget in 2017 on May 30-31.

Chiều ngày 30/5, Huyện ủy Gia Viễn tổ chức hội nghị sơ kết việc thực hiện một số nghị quyết của Trung ương, Chỉ thị của Bộ Chính trị, nghị quyết của tỉnh. Dự hội nghị có đại biểu các ban xây dựng đảng của Tỉnh ủy, lãnh đạo huyện Gia Viễn.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on May 29, concluding visits to Russia, Norway and Sweden from May 20 - 28.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Erna Solberg expressed their appreciation of more than four decades of diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and Norway and of the two countries' longstanding friendship and multifaceted cooperation during their talks in Oslo on April 24.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 23 for a delegation of religious dignitaries and outstanding ethnic minorities from the northern province of Ninh Binh.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a plan to mobilise social resources to support children in extremely disadvantaged communes in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a letter of encouragement to leaders of ministries, sectors, localities and agencies, calling on them to raise a high sense of responsibility and promote creativity, activeness, and determination to successfully realise the targets and tasks set for 2019.

The Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve in the northern province of Ninh Binh has been recognised as Vietnam's ninth Ramsar site.

A delegation from Udomxay province of Laos headed by Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor Khamphan Phoinhavong paid a working visit to Vietnam's northern province of Ninh Binh on May 20.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived at Pulkovo 1 airport in Saint Petersburg at 18:45 pm (local time) on May 20, beginning his official visit to Russia at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and a Vietnamese high-ranking delegation left Hanoi on May 20 morning for official visits to Russia, Norway and Sweden.

Vietnam and Malaysia have agreed to enhance economic ties, aiming to raise bilateral trade to US$15 billion or higher by 2020.

he 10th plenum of the 12th Party Central Committee opened Thursday in Ha Noi, one day after Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong chaired Politburo's meeting.

The northern province of Ninh Binh on May 14 welcomed nearly 130 delegates of the UN Day of Vesak 2019 after the event had wrapped up in nearby Ha Nam province the same day.

In 2018, Ninh Binh province's Department of Construction cooperated with sectors, branches to implement Plan No 85/KH-UBND dated October 7, 2016 of the Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee on closing the operation of traditional lime kilns in the province, with a view to mitigating environmental pollution , the issue that caught local people's concerns.

Ninh Binh provincial party chief Nguyen Thi Thanh had a meeting in Ninh Binh on late Sunday with Myanmar President Win Myint and his entourage, who are in Vietnam to attend the UN Day of Vesak celebration.

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.