The National Defence Academy of Vietnam should work harder to further better its training mission, while making more proposals to the Party and State on military, denfence and security matters, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has urged.
Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Zathotou received Vietnamese Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong in Vientiane on July 30.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on July 30 had a telephone talk with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, during which they agreed on a number of measures to further forge the Vietnam-France strategic partnership.
The Ho Chi Minh City local government has mapped out a plan to boost budget collections for 2015, with domestic revenues targeted to rise 14 -16% and earnings from export and import to increase 6-8 percent, the Saigon Times Daily reported on July 30.
President Truong Tan Sang attended a programme honouring the country’s sea and islands held in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on July 29.
A Vietnam - Japan digestive endoscopy centre was put into operation at Hanoi’s Bach Mai Hospital on July 29.
A Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) delegation attended the third national congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) recently held in the capital Caracas.
Vietnamese students won two golds and two silvers at the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) that closed in Hanoi on July 28.
Officials of the central province of Quang Nam and the Republic of Korea’s Osan city inked several cooperation agreements serving as a platform for extending their ties in various socio-economic issues.
The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) and the Lao National Institute of Social Sciences agreed to take heed of the development of young scientists at a working session in Vientiane on July 28 as part of a visit by a VASS delegation to Laos.