State President meets outstanding naval staff
State President meets outstanding naval staff

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). 

State President meets outstanding naval staff
Joint Vietnam-China fishery patrol concludes
Joint Vietnam-China fishery patrol concludes

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

Joint Vietnam-China fishery patrol concludes
PM meets with security volunteers fighting in southern battlefields
PM meets with security volunteers fighting in southern battlefields

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). 

PM meets with security volunteers fighting in southern battlefields
Flaws must be addressed to upgrade infrastructure: PM
Flaws must be addressed to upgrade infrastructure: PM

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. 

Flaws must be addressed to upgrade infrastructure: PM
President attends second national congress of lawyers
President attends second national congress of lawyers

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. 

President attends second national congress of lawyers
Major draft laws under NA deputies' discussion
Major draft laws under NA deputies' discussion

(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. 

Major draft laws under NA deputies' discussion
Roles of 1975 Spring Offensive headquarters highlighted
Roles of 1975 Spring Offensive headquarters highlighted

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.

Roles of 1975 Spring Offensive headquarters highlighted
Revised statistics draft law discussed
Revised statistics draft law discussed

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. 

Revised statistics draft law discussed
Vietnam’s response to Iran’s nuclear issue
Vietnam’s response to Iran’s nuclear issue

Vietnam hails the framework nuclear deal reached by the P5+1 group – the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany – and Iran on April 2nd.

Vietnam’s response to Iran’s nuclear issue
Vietnam remembers Cuba’s Giron victory.
Vietnam remembers Cuba’s Giron victory.

(VOV) - The Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association on April 10 celebrated the 54th anniversary of Cuba’s victory, which successfully repelled a 1,500-strong mercenary invading force, attempting to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.

Vietnam remembers Cuba’s Giron victory.
Vietnam Lawyers Association marks 60th anniversary
Vietnam Lawyers Association marks 60th anniversary

(VOV) -Under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam  (CPV) over the past 60 years, generations of lawyers have contributed to national development.

Vietnam Lawyers Association marks 60th anniversary
NA Standing Committee to convene 37th session on April 6
NA Standing Committee to convene 37th session on April 6

The 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will convene its 37th session in Hanoi on April 6, during which a report on outcomes of the freshly concluded 132nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-132) will be revealed. 

NA Standing Committee to convene 37th session on April 6
Venezuelan mass mobilisation presented in Hanoi
Venezuelan mass mobilisation presented in Hanoi

Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Dario Vivas gave a presentation on the mass mobilisation of the Bolivarian revolution during an international workshop in Hanoi on April 2. 

Venezuelan mass mobilisation presented in Hanoi
Priority to be given to draft laws to realise Constitution
Priority to be given to draft laws to realise Constitution

It is essential to prioritise draft laws to realise the 2013 Constitution in the law and ordinance development programme for 2016, said National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu at the ongoing 36th session of the NA Standing Committee on March 16. 

Priority to be given to draft laws to realise Constitution
NA External Relations Committee debates human rights
NA External Relations Committee debates human rights

(VOV) -Deputies to the National Assembly’s External Relations Committee on March 12 discussed stipulations in the 2013 Constitutions regarding the National Assembly (NA) approval on participating and liquidating international commitments to human rights and citizen’s fundamental rights and obligation. 

NA External Relations Committee debates human rights
Customs sector to continue reform
Customs sector to continue reform

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has requested the customs sector to continue reforming its structure, simplifying administrative procedures and expanding information technology application during 2015. 

Customs sector to continue reform
Media agencies urged to communicate national development
Media agencies urged to communicate national development

(VOV) -Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communication and Education Dinh The Huynh chaired a meeting with press agencies on February 24.

Media agencies urged to communicate national development
PM hailed efforts to ensure safe Tet holidays
PM hailed efforts to ensure safe Tet holidays

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has applauded the joint efforts to ensure a happy and safe Tet for everyone at a February 24 cabinet meeting in Hanoi.

PM hailed efforts to ensure safe Tet holidays
President Sang offers incense at Hung Kings Temple
President Sang offers incense at Hung Kings Temple

(VOV) - On February 24, President Truong Tan Sang burnt incense in remembrance of Hung Kings’ merits of founding the nation and launched a tree-planting festival in commemoration of President Ho Chi Minh.

President Sang offers incense at Hung Kings Temple
Vietnam united in national development
Vietnam united in national development

(VOV) -Vietnam will hold several major events in 2015 and continue integrating further into the region and the world.

Vietnam united in national development
A new year of trust
A new year of trust

(VOV) - Spring has arrived with a message of reform, development, and integration in the hope of new successes in the new year.

A new year of trust
Party building is the main task for this year
Party building is the main task for this year

(VOV) -Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong said Vietnam left a good impression last year with an economic growth of almost 6%. 

Party building is the main task for this year
State President extends New Year greetings
State President extends New Year greetings

(VOV) - State President Truong Tan Sang, on behalf of the Party and State, extended his seasonal greetings and best wishes to all Vietnamese people at home and abroad on the eve of the traditional lunar New Year (Tet).

State President extends New Year greetings
New Lunar Year of sharing
New Lunar Year of sharing

(VOV) -The Vietnamese government has effectively implemented the policy of helping poor people to have an enjoyable Tet, given the poverty rate accounts for about 6% of the Vietnamese population.

New Lunar Year of sharing
Memorial service for Party Internal Affairs Commission’s head held
Memorial service for Party Internal Affairs Commission’s head held

The memorial service for Nguyen Ba Thanh, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs, was organised in the central city of Da Nang on February 16. 

Memorial service for Party Internal Affairs Commission’s head held
President pays Tet visit to HCM City’s Cu Chi district
President pays Tet visit to HCM City’s Cu Chi district

State President Truong Tan Sang paid a visit to Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City on February 16 on the occasion of the quickly-approaching lunar New Year (Tet). 

President pays Tet visit to HCM City’s Cu Chi district
Tet visits to senior intellectuals, war veterans
Tet visits to senior intellectuals, war veterans

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong paid a Tet visit to Nguyen Van Hien, a 99-year-old revolutionary veteran, in the central city of Da Nang o n February 15. 

Tet visits to senior intellectuals, war veterans
Leaders pay respect to Party Internal Affairs Commission’s head
Leaders pay respect to Party Internal Affairs Commission’s head

Vietnamese top leaders have paid final respect to Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs Nguyen Ba Thanh, who passed away on February 13 in central Da Nang city. 

Leaders pay respect to Party Internal Affairs Commission’s head
PM Dung pays tribute to President Ho Chi Minh
PM Dung pays tribute to President Ho Chi Minh

(VOV) -Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung offered incense at House No 67 at the Ho Chi Minh relic site in the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on February 14 on the occasion of the up coming Tet holiday.

PM Dung pays tribute to President Ho Chi Minh
Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on lunar New Year
Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on lunar New Year

(VOV) -Senior leaders paid floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum in Hanoi on February 14 in the lead up to lunar New Year Festival (Tet). 

Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on lunar New Year
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