The armies of Vietnam and China should enhance their comprehensive cooperation, especially border exchanges, to forge closer friendship and solidarity between the two nations, said Vietnamese Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh. 

A delegation of the Party, State, National Assembly and the Vietnam Fatherland Front laid wreaths at President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum in Hanoi on May 18 on the occasion of the late President’s 125th birthday anniversary (May 19). 

The National Assembly Standing Committee on May 13 gave qualified approval to several reform proposals made by the nation's top prosecutorial agency, the Vietnam Supreme People's Procuracy.

(VOV) - On May 12, National Assembly (NA) deputies debated the draft Civil Code based on opinions given by the public earlier

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has expressed his support to the Chinese province of Yunnan’s proposal to launch a direct flight to Vietnam and build a cross-border economic cooperation zone, a joint project with the northern border province of Lao Cai. 

Vietnamese and Chinese scholars converged in a seminar in the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 11 to look at improving Vietnam-China cooperation in the Gulf of Tonkin, where fishery resources are declining due to over-exploitation and pollution. 

(VOV) -Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong and a delegation of National Assembly deputies of Hanoi on May 9 met with voters in Ba Dinh district.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and Ho Chi Minh City’s Vietnam-Russia Friendship Organisation jointly held a ceremony in the city on May 8 to mark Russia’s 70th Victory Day over Fascism (May 9). 

Over 10,000 people across the country paid tribute to General Vo Nguyen Giap at his grave in central Quang Binh province’s Quang Trach district on the 61 st anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu historic victory, widely considered one of his greatest triumphs. 

(VOV) -About 7.5 million people have contributed opinions to the draft revision of the 2005 Civil Code.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War hosted by embassies of Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in Vietnam on May 6. 

National Assembly (NA) deputies from Tuyen Quang, Quang Nam, Phu Yen and Binh Duong provinces met with local voters to hear their opinions on a series of issues, focusing on socio-economic development, education and training, lawmaking and social welfare policies.

Members of the 11th Party Central Committee on May 5 debated which people should sit on the committee during its forthcoming 12th tenure, as part of their ongoing 11th plenary session. 

(VOV) -On May 4, the 11th meeting of the Party Central Committee opened in Hanoi, discussing a host of important issues including the personnel plan.

The Vietnam People’s Navy is the core service in safeguarding sea and island sovereignty while maintaining long-term regional peace and cooperation, said State President Truong Tan Sang. 

(VOV) -Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung May 1 attended the inauguration of a monument in honor of military medical workers in Ba Hon Relic site in Hon Dat district, Kien Giang province. 

(VOV) -On April 30, Ho Chi Minh City hosted a military parade and a grand meeting celebrating the 40th anniversary of total southern liberation and national reunification.

President Truong Tan Sang attended a ceremony on April 29 in the Mekong Delta province of Long An to mark the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of South Vietnam and National Reunification Day (April 30), during which he expressed his gratitude to former Party leaders and everyone who fought and made sacrifices for the victory.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung joined locals in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang in a ceremony on April 29 to mark the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975-2015).

(VOV) -A delegation of leaders from the Party, State, and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) on April 29 paid a floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum and offered incense at the fallen soldiers Memorial on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day.

(VOV) -On April 28, Phu Tho province held a solemn incense-offering ceremony in honour of the Hung Kings, with the participation of State President Truong Tan Sang and other Government and provincial leaders, overseas Vietnamese as well as local people.

The great victory of the resistance war against the US aggressors constitutes “the triumph of Vietnam’s military arts and guidelines under the Party’s sound and creative leadership”, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has asserted.

State President Truong Tan Sang met naval staff who excelled in the force’s patriotic emulation movement in Hanoi on April 25, ahead of the 60th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Navy (August 5). 

Vietnamese and Chinese coast guards concluded their four-day joint fishery patrol on shared fishing grounds in the Tonkin Gulf on April 24. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with representatives from the liaison committee of public security cadres who fought in southern battlefields during the country’s American resistance war on April 21 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of National Reunification Day (April 30). 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has requested infrastructure development mechanism and policy flaws be addressed to promote State management and prevent corruption and wastefulness in this field. 

President Truong Tan Sang has urged the Vietnam Bar Federation (VBF), a socio-professional organisation representing the will and legitimate interests of lawyers nationwide, to continue playing its role as a bridge between the Party, State and its members. 

(VOV) -On April 15, full-time National Assembly (NA) deputies debated important draft laws to be dealt with at the NA's upcoming 9th session in late May. 

A scientific workshop on the roles of the general headquarters of the 1975 Spring Offensive was held in Hanoi on April 14 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Southern Liberation and National Reunification.

Experts and State officials commented on a draft of the amended statistics law during a workshop held in Da Lat city in the Central Highlands’ province of Lam Dong on April 13.