Vo Van Thuong, permanent Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, hosted a reception on May 30 for a delegation from the Vientiane Science and Technology Department of Laos.
The Korean Cultural Centre (KCC) in Hanoi will organise an entertainment programme aimed at children from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) on June 1.
The National Assembly (NA) on May 30 passed a resolution on amendments to the law and ordinance building programme for the legislature’s 13th tenure and the law and ordinance building programme for 2015.
The Express Delivery Customs Sub-department, under the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department, on May 30 detected and seized 9.86 kilograms of drug precursor Pseudoephedrine mixed with shrimp paste contained in two plastic jars.
Participants at the 17th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting, which wrapped up in Algiers, Algeria on May 29, expressed their deep concern about recent developments in the East Sea.
The Vietnamese delegation has held several meetings with foreign partners on the sidelines of the 13th IISS Asia Security Summit, known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, after their arrival in Singapore on May 30.
On May 30, a group of 35 fishing ships and two coast guard ships of China encircled and threatened Vietnamese fishing vessels which were operating 30-35 nautical miles from a drilling rig China illegally placed in Vietnam’s waters.
Bilateral trade between Vietnam and the US will probably reach US$33.6 billion in 2014, of which US$ 28.1 billion will come from Vietnamese exports.
Representatives of engineering companies and credit institutions from the UK and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are in Ho Chi Minh City to look into investment opportunities of urban transport projects, including the second phase of metro line No. 5.
Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have reiterated their strong will to conclude a free trade agreement later this year and lift two-way trade to US$70 billion by 2020.