Many international news agencies and media on May 27 posted articles highlighting a Chinese vessel’s ramming and sinking a Vietnamese fishing boat.
Socio-political organisations have been called on to take greater part in raising public awareness of climate change and rising sea levels.
The Bac Lieu provincial chapter of the Vietnam Buddhist Shangha (VBS) on May 27 organised a ceremony to pray for peace in the East Sea and protest China’s illegal placement of its Haiyang Shiyou-981 drilling rig deep inside Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.
Ho Chi Minh City should focus on ensuring stable production and remove difficulties for businesses, including foreign ones, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has said.
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Vietnam Youth Union (VYU) have called on organisations, individuals, political circles and peace-loving people over the world to continue raising their voice to request China to immediately withdraw its oil rig and surrounding ships from Vietnam’s waters.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed a decision allowing the establishment of a national committee on education and training reform.
National Assembly (NA) deputies in the morning of May 27 discussed draft revisions to the Law on Housing and the Law on Real Estate Trading during the 13th NA’s ongoing seventh session.
The Hanoi People’s Procuracy on May 27 proposed imposing a 30-year jail charge on one of Vietnam’s top banking tycoons, Nguyen Duc Kien, for his role in a multi-million dollar scandal uncovered last year.
President Truong Tan Sang on May 27 once again praised young people for their contributions to the national development, saying that the youth at any time forms the backbone of the country.
A programme was held in the southern province of Binh Duong on May 27 to raise awareness of the country’s sovereignty over its sea and islands for employees working in businesses in the locality.