Politics - Society

A ceremony to pay tribute to President Tran Dai Quang will take place from 7am on September 26 at the National Funeral House, No5 Tran Thanh Tong Street, Hanoi.

Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang passed away at 10:05am on September 21 in Hanoi at the age of 62.

President Tran Dai Quang received heads of delegations to the 14th Assembly of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI 14) in Hanoi on September 19.

Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich and his French counterpart Florence Parly signed a joint vision statement on defence cooperation for 2018-2028 at their talks in Paris on September 17 as part of the former's ongoing visit to France.

US President Donald Trump appreciated steps of development in the US-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership when receiving a letter of credentials handed over by Vietnamese Ambassador Ha Kim Ngoc on September 17.

The hosting of the 14th Assembly of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) in September 2018 marks a milestone in the 24-year history of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV).

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono co-chaired the 10th meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Cooperation Committee in Hanoi on September 13.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a dialogue on September 12 with arout 20 leaders of multinational corporations who are in Vietnam to attend the 2018 World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN).

The World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) themed "ASEAN 4.0: Entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution" kicked off in Hanoi on September 11.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of Vietnamese expatriates in Hungary on September 9, part of his official visit to the European nation.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)'s Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and Russian President Vladimir Putin witnessed the signing of many cooperation agreements on September 6, within the framework of the former's ongoing visit to Russia.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong met with Russian Prime Minister and Chairman of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on September 5.

Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Central Steering Committee for National Target Programmes, Vuong Dinh Hue, ran an article on the implementation of the "One Commune, One Product" (OCOP) programme, one of the important solutions in restructuring agriculture and developing new-style rural areas.

During a visit to Russia from September 5 to 8, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and President Vladimir Putin and other Russian leaders will discuss measures to promote the countries' relations.

A delegation of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government and Vietnamese Fatherland Front paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on August 31 on the occasion of the 73rd National Day (September 2).

U San Win, Secretary of Myanmar's anti-corruption commission and a delegation on August 30 paid a working visit to the northern province of Ninh Binh in a bid to learn and exchange experience in corruption prevention and combat.

With the inauguration of the statue of Professor Juan Bosch in Hanoi, the friendship between two countries will have an additional important connection point.

Vietnam and Egypt have issued a joint statement on the occasion of the State-level visit to Egypt by President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse from August 25-28 at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi.

President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt after arriving in Cairo on August 26, continuing his State visit to Egypt from August 25 - 29 at the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.