VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hopes that Russian state-owned oil and gas company Zarubezhneft and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group PVN will devise practical proposals to further enhance the scope of ties in the fields of oil, gas, and energy at a reception for Kudryashov Sergei Ivanovich, general director of Russian Zarubezhneft Company, in Hanoi on June 19.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang urged journalists and press and media agencies to stay full of vim and vigour to continue their path ahead which is full with formidable challenges, while attending the June press meeting on June 18.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang applauded the role and contributions of United States Ambassador Marc Evans Knapper to the development of bilateral relations in recent times at a reception held for the latter on June 18 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Hang has put forth five directions for the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to continue promoting its role whilst supporting developing countries moving forward.

VOV.VN - The country nominated Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, director general of the East Sea Institute of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, to run as a judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) for the 2026 to 2035 term at the 34th meeting of States Parties to the UNCLOS (SPLOS-34) held in New York from June 10 to June 14.

The Price Management Steering Committee, led by Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai, convened in Hanoi on June 12 to assess inflation control efforts in the first half of 2024 and directions for the remainder of the year, aiming to achieve inflation control as targeted by the National Assembly.

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 - The National Assembly on June 6 approved a resolution ratifying the appointment of Justice Minister Le Thanh Long as Deputy Prime Minister in the incumbent government of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for the 2021-2026 term.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai held phone talks with US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen on June 5, noting that her Vietnam visit in July 2023 paved the way for the upgrade of bilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership during US President Joe Biden’s official visit to Vietnam two months later.

The Ministry of Justice held a meeting to appraise the draft resolution of the National Assembly on VAT reduction, which was chaired by Deputy Minister Tran Tien Dung.