Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant General Pham The Tung hosted a reception for French Minister attached to the Minister for the Interior François-Noël Buffet in Hanoi on May 27.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung has greenlit a proposal to expand Phu Quoc International Airport in Kien Giang province, envisioning it as a transformative project that will not only serve the 2027 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week but also establish a lasting legacy for Vietnam as a premier global tourism destination.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh praised the reform in institutional and legal development, noting a shift in mindset, from a focus on state management to one of facilitating and serving the people and businesses, at a monthly Government meeting on law-making for May in Hanoi on May 22.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat to the United Nations called on countries to uphold international law, including the UN Charter and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), in resolving maritime disputes through peaceful means, at a high-level debate on maritime security for global stability at the UN Security Council on May 20-21.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Azerbaijan will consider negotiating and signing legal documents, including those on crime prevention and law enforcement capacity-building.

VOV.VN - A regional workshop on the role of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in the settlement of disputes relating to the Law of the Sea opened on May 5 at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in Hanoi.

United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety Jean Todt suggested solutions to enhance road safety in Vietnam during a working session in Hanoi on April 25 with the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) and relevant agencies.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed Directive No. 11/CT-TTg, dated April 21, mandating a stepped-up rollout of the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety across Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the second thematic session on lawmaking on April 18 in Hanoi to discuss and provide feedback on several draft laws scheduled for submission to the National Assembly’s upcoming 9th session.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is considering a significant proposal in the draft amendment to the 2025 Penal Code by replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment without parole, and the proposal was discussed at a thematic session on law-making of the government in Hanoi on April 13.