New Deputy Foreign Minister appointed
New Deputy Foreign Minister appointed

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to instate Vietnamese ambassador to Cambodia Thach Du as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. 

New Deputy Foreign Minister appointed
Sea and islands communication campaign launched
Sea and islands communication campaign launched

(VOV) - Central Quang Ngai province hosted a ceremony on June 14 to step up communications on Vietnam’s border, sea and islands.

Sea and islands communication campaign launched
Deputy PM Ninh visits Da Nang city
Deputy PM Ninh visits Da Nang city

(VOV) -Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh and a government delegation paid a working visit to the central city of Danang on June 14.

Deputy PM Ninh visits Da Nang city
NA passes amended health insurance law
NA passes amended health insurance law

Lawmakers examined and passed amendments and supplements to the Law on Health Insurance at a plenary session of the National Assembly in the afternoon of June 13. 

NA passes amended health insurance law
NA closes question time
NA closes question time

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc answered National Assembly (NA) deputies’questions about socio economic development, social welfare, incentive policies for fishermen and East Sea issue at the NA Q&A session which concluded in Hanoi on June 12.

NA closes question time
Hoa Hao Buddhist sect contributes to socio-economic development
Hoa Hao Buddhist sect contributes to socio-economic development

The Hoa Hao Buddhist sect has actively implemented the policies and laws of the Party and State and responded to campaigns launched by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), contributing to the country’s socio-economic and cultural development and ensuring security in localities.

Hoa Hao Buddhist sect contributes to socio-economic development
Financial Minister grilled over public debt
Financial Minister grilled over public debt

(VOV) - Dinh Tien Dung is the first minister to answer questions about issues related to the financial sector at the National Assembly (NA) question time which began on June 10 in Hanoi under the chair of top legislator Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Financial Minister grilled over public debt
Hoa ethnic people voice support for Party’s policies
Hoa ethnic people voice support for Party’s policies

The Hoa (ethnic Chinese) community in Ho Chi Minh City has voiced their support for the Party and State’s policies towards Hoa people at a meeting with the city’s top officials on June 6. 

Hoa ethnic people voice support for Party’s policies
PM urged to develop fisheries trade unions
PM urged to develop fisheries trade unions

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) to work hand in hand with the Government and local authorities to develop fisheries trade unions, protecting the legitimate rights of labourers and help businesses fulfill economic growth targets. 

PM urged to develop fisheries trade unions
NA deputies continue discussing revised laws
NA deputies continue discussing revised laws

On June 4, National Assembly (NA) deputies discussed a number of draft revisions to the Law on Civil Aviation. 

NA deputies continue discussing revised laws
Quang Ninh urged to focus on industry, services
Quang Ninh urged to focus on industry, services

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the northeastern province of Quang Ninh to make full use of its advantages to develop industrial and service sectors. 

Quang Ninh urged to focus on industry, services
PM checks new shipbuilding projects in Quang Ninh
PM checks new shipbuilding projects in Quang Ninh

(VOV) -On June 4, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his delegation met with the Ministry of Transport’s Shipbuilding Industry Corporation to inspect new shipbuilding projects for the fisheries surveillance force.

PM checks new shipbuilding projects in Quang Ninh
NA debates socio-economic development during first months
NA debates socio-economic development during first months

National Assembly (NA) deputies on June 2 discussed the implementation of socio-economic development plans and the State budget in the first months of the year.

NA debates socio-economic development during first months
NA passes law building programmes
NA passes law building programmes

The National Assembly (NA) on May 30 passed a resolution on amendments to the law and ordinance building programme for the legislature’s 13th tenure and the law and ordinance building programme for 2015.

NA passes law building programmes
NA deputies discuss 2012 State budget balance
NA deputies discuss 2012 State budget balance

National Assembly (NA) deputies gathered at a plenary session in Hanoi on May 29 to discuss the State budget balance for 2012. 

NA deputies discuss 2012 State budget balance
PM Dung: Consistently struggle to protect national sovereignty
PM Dung: Consistently struggle to protect national sovereignty

(VOV) - Prime Minster Nguyen Tan Dung has called for combined efforts to defend the country’s sacred sovereignty but avoid affecting the implementation of socio-economic development targets.

PM Dung: Consistently struggle to protect national sovereignty
Public administration academy granted prestigious reward
Public administration academy granted prestigious reward

President Truong Tan Sang presented the Ho Chi Minh Order to the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) at its 55th founding anniversary in Hanoi on May 29.

Public administration academy granted prestigious reward
Amended Enterprise Law will make it easier to set up business
Amended Enterprise Law will make it easier to set up business

Amendments to the Law on Enterprises will create favourable conditions for setting up businesses, Minister of Investment and Planning Bui Quang Vinh said at the 13th National Assembly session in Hanoi on May 26.

Amended Enterprise Law will make it easier to set up business
Prime Minister inspects NA building project progress
Prime Minister inspects NA building project progress

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered contractors, investors and consultancy providers to ensure the deadline for the completion of the National Assembly building as well as absolute safety and top quality of the project.

Prime Minister inspects NA building project progress
NA deputies show indignation over East Sea situation
NA deputies show indignation over East Sea situation

(VOV) - National Assembly (NA) deputies have strongly opposed China’s escalating actions in the East Sea, considering this a flagrant violation of international law.

NA deputies show indignation over East Sea situation
National Assembly convenes seventh session
National Assembly convenes seventh session

(VOV) -The 13th National Assembly (NA) opened its seventh session in Hanoi on May 20, with law building work consuming most of the agenda.

National Assembly convenes seventh session
NA to open seventh session on May 20
NA to open seventh session on May 20

(VOV) - The 13th National Assembly will open its 17th session on May 20, expecting to approve 11 revised laws and 3 resolutions and make the first review of 16 revised laws.

NA to open seventh session on May 20
President praises marine forces' efforts
President praises marine forces' efforts

(VOV) - On May 18, Chairman of the Presidential Office Dao Viet Trung presented gifts and conveyed President Truong Tan Sang’s regards to Vietnamese marine police and fisheries resources surveillance forces.

President praises marine forces' efforts
Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh
Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh

(VOV) -A delegation of Party, State, and Government leaders paid floral tributes at the late President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum in Hanoi on May 18, to mark his 124th birth anniversary (1890 - 2014).

Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh
NA Standing Committee ends session with bauxite projects
NA Standing Committee ends session with bauxite projects

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee wrapped up its 28th session on May 17 following discussion on the socio-economic, security and defence efficiency of Tan Rai and Nhan Co bauxite projects in the Central Highlands.

NA Standing Committee ends session with bauxite projects
Prime Minister meets with Hai Phong public
Prime Minister meets with Hai Phong public

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on May 15 had a meeting with voters in Hong Bang district, the northern city of Hai Phong, during which they expressed their anger at China’s recent act of deploying a drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. 

Prime Minister meets with Hai Phong public
NA Standing Committee convenes its 28th meeting
NA Standing Committee convenes its 28th meeting

(VOV) -The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened its 28th meeting on May 15 in Hanoi. 

NA Standing Committee convenes its 28th meeting
Party Central Committee discusses draft reports
Party Central Committee discusses draft reports

Continuing its ninth conference, the Party Central Committee convened a plenary session in Hanoi on May 13 under the chair of its Secretariat’s permanent member Le Hong Anh. 

Party Central Committee discusses draft reports
Central Military Commission pays tribute Dien Bien fallen soldiers
Central Military Commission pays tribute Dien Bien fallen soldiers

A delegation of the Party Central Military Commssion and the Defence Ministry paid tribute to fallen combatants in northwestern Dien Bien province on May 6.

Central Military Commission pays tribute Dien Bien fallen soldiers
Party leader Trong talks waste prevention
Party leader Trong talks waste prevention

(VOV) - Waste is sometimes more dangerous than corruption because that is not measured in reality, Party General Nguyen Phu Trong told Hanoi voters at a meeting on May 3.

Party leader Trong talks waste prevention
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