Permanent members of the People’s Councils of the Red River and northern coastal region for the 2016-2021 tenure convened their first conference in the northern province of Nam Dinh on August 26.

A working group of the Central Steering Committee for Corruption Prevention and Control began inspecting anti-corruption efforts of Lang Son province on August 24. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc offered incense to commemorate late President Ho Chi Minh at House 67 in the President Ho Chi Minh relic site in Hanoi on August 23.

The People’s Court of the central province of Khanh Hoa on August 23 handed down jail sentences of two and three years to two men on charge of propagandising against the State of Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has said economic development, better living conditions and poverty reduction will be key to improve the effectiveness of religious and ethnic work. 

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on August 23 offered incense to commemorate late President Ho Chi Minh at House No. 67 in Hanoi on the occasion of the upcoming 71st National Day (September 2). 

VOV.VN - The key to resounding success of the August Revolution on 19 August 1945 was that it gathered people from all walks of life, creating a great entire national unity under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam. 

President Tran Dai Quang asked the Air Defence – Air Force Service to continue promoting its core role in intensifying national defence and safeguarding the country while visiting the unit on August 19 on the occasion of the 71st August Revolution and National Day (September 2). 

VOV.VN - President Tran Dai Quang hailed the great contributions of religious organizations to national development and defence.

VOV.VN - A conference was held in Hanoi on August 17 reviewing external defence relations in the 2010-2015 period and two years of implementing the Central Military Commission’s resolution on international integration and external defence relations until 2020.