VOV.VN - Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on June 13 agreed with the Government’s proposal to extend the policy of reducing the value added tax (VAT) from 10% to 8% till the end of the year as opposed to the end of June.

Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu called on member states to continue implementing the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) with a goodwill spirit, while addressing the 34th meeting of States Parties to the UNCLOS (SPLOS-34) held in New York from June 10-14.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly of Vietnam will coordinate closely with the Parliaments of other ASEAN countries to participate and contribute effectively to realizing the goals of the ASEAN Community Vision 2045, the National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man affirmed.

Vietnam always attaches importance to and wants to elevate the Vietnam - Indonesia strategic partnership to a new height, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said while receiving Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian Regional Representative Council (upper house) H.Mahyudin in Hanoi on June 12.

Key leaders of the Party, State, National Assembly (NA) and Government met in Hanoi on June 12 to review the situation and working results in April and May, and define major tasks in the time ahead.

The Vietnamese State, Government and National Assembly leaders on June 12 sent congratulatory messages to their Russian counterparts on the Russia Day (June 12).

VOV.VN - Vietnam always greatly values Germany’s role and leading position in Europe and the world as a whole, and places importance on deepening the bilateral strategic partnership across the board with the European nation.

President To Lam has assumed the chairmanship of the Steering Committee tasked with reviewing theoretical and realistic issues related to Vietnam's four-decade-long socialist-oriented Doi Moi (renewal) process, under a decision of the Politburo.

VOV.VN - Senior Lieutenant Colonel Truong Anh Tuan, deputy commander of the Training Centre under the Ministry of National Defence’s Vietnam Peacekeeping Department, has been recruited as a military affairs officer at the Office of Military Affairs, according to the UN’s Department of Peace Operations (DPO) in New York.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang attended the BRICS Dialogue with Developing Countries in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod on June 11 (local time).

Through an arsenal of economic – tourism projects and robust delegation exchanges, Ho Chi Minh City has been a leading locality in promoting the Vietnam – Russia relations, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan said on June 11.

VOV.VN - The nation has been elected as Vice Chair of the General Assembly of the State Parties to the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO member countries, thereby bringing the number of key UNESCO mechanisms that the country is involved in to six.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always places importance on fostering the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation with the Dominican Republic.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People's Council Tran Phuoc Son was granted a third-class Issara (Freedom) Order of Laos on June 11 for his remarkable contributions to the cooperation between the central city and Sekong province of Laos during the 2017-2022 period.

VOV.VN - Vietnam wants to increase cooperation in scientific research and personnel training with Hungary and Armenia, a Politburo member of the Communist Party of Vietnam told the Ambassadors of Hungary and Armenia during separate receptions in Hanoi on June 11.

VOV.VN - Deputies to the ongoing session of the National Assembly are expected to vote on a total ban on alcohol consumption for drivers (zero tolerance policy) – a contentious issue that has grabbed the headlines domestically in recent times.

VOV.VN - A delegation of war veterans of Laos’ Vientiane capital led by Major General Phalom Linthong visited Ho Chi Minh City on June 11.

VOV.VN - Vietnam considers developing friendly and cooperative relations with China to be a strategic choice and top priority in its foreign policy, said newly elected President To Lam during his reception in Hanoi on June 11 for Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly Standing Committee began a three-day sitting in Hanoi on June 11, debating an early enforcement of four important laws recently passed by the National Assembly, including the Land Law, among other major issues.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Luong Cuong received a delegation from the Dominican Republic’s United Left Movement (MIU) Party led by its General Secretary and Minister of Regional Integration Policies of the Dominican Republic Miguel Mejia in Hanoi on June 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam places importance to developing good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, all-around cooperation and long-term sustainability with Cambodia, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a reception in Hanoi on June 10 for Cambodian Minister of Inspection Huot Hak.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will convene its 34th session in Hanoi from June 11-13, announced the NA Office.

VOV.VN - The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam and the Cambodian Ministry of Inspection signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation, as part of their meeting in Hanoi on June 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and North Macedonia have maintained sound relations over the past three decades with positive results obtained across multiple fields, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the Southeast European country Do Hoang Long.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet, head of SOM ASEAN Vietnam, attended the Senior Officials' Meetings of ASEAN+3, the East Asia Summit (EAS), and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Vientiane, Laos, on June 7-8.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always attaches importance to the traditional friendship and comprehensive partnership with Venezuela, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at his reception for Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Yvan Gil Pinto in Hanoi on June 8.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held talks with his visiting Venezuelan counterpart Yván Gil Pinto in Hanoi on June 8, hammering out measures to increase multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - The Government will make every effort to keep inflation at a level lower than the 4.5% target for 2024, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a meeting of elite members of the Government held in Hanoi on June 8.

VOV.VN - US President Joe Biden has extended congratulations to General To Lam on his recent election as President of Vietnam at the ongoing session of the National Assembly.

VOV.VN - Deputies to the National Assembly debated documents on the ratification of the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) at the ongoing session in Hanoi on June 8.