The UN-back tribunal on Khmer Rouge genocidal crime on July 30 began the second trial of two former Khmer Rouge leaders - Noun Chea and KhieuSamphan.
The Party and State always pay much attention to bettering the living conditions of war invalids, martyrs’ families, and all revolutionary contributors, Politburo member and Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has said.
In response to questions concerning the Vietnamese people in Libya, the Consular Department of the Foreign Ministry on July 30 said most of the 1,550 Vietnamese people are living and working in non-violence areas of Libya.
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.