Realities show that the “ doi moi ” (renovation process) would not have come about in the absence of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), whose sound leadership has successfully carried out the process.
Party building has become an extremely vital task of the whole nation to ensure the Party’s leadership and the existence of the socialist regime, Politburo member and standing member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee Le Hong Anh said at a workshop in Hanoi on January 28.
The justice ministers of Vietnam and Lao met in Hanoi on January 28 to discuss judicial issues of common interest and sign an agreement on cooperation between the two ministries for the period from 2015 to 2020.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh offered Vietnam’s opinions on directions and measures to achieve the formation of the ASEAN Community by the end of this year, as well as the bloc’s post-2015 vision at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Malaysia on January 27-28.
Vietnam attended the 6 th Asian nuclear power conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on January 27 and 28.
Vietnamese Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh received Japanese Vice Defence Minister Tokuchi Hideshi during the latter’s working visit in Hanoi on January 28.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc pressed for comprehensive crackdowns on crime at a teleconference of the Government’s Steering Committee on Crime Prevention in Hanoi on January 28.
A workshop was held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 28 to update the press and business community on information pertaining to the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) which is slated to be formed in late 2015.
There has been no report of Vietnamese casualties in the recent fighting in eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister’s spokesman Le Hai Binh said in response to reporters’ queries in Hanoi on January 28.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held a reception for a delegation from the Lao Justice Ministry led by Minister Bounkeut Sangsomsak, in Hanoi, on January 28.