Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed the significant role played by the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) in the country’s poverty alleviation efforts.

VOV.VN - Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung has once again stated the nation’s readiness to create favourable conditions locally for foreign investors seeking to do business in the country, including those from the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The pilot organisation of urban administration in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang and the special mechanisms and policies for the development of Da Nang were discussed at a meeting of standing Government members in Hanoi on March 1.

Vietnam wishes that countries continue to actively contribute to maintaining peace and stability on the basis of international law in the East Sea, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said on February 25.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on February 25 with the US State of West Virginia regarding bilateral co-operation in economics, trade, and energy.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 23 launched a tree planting campaign in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang which is a former revolutionary base.

VOV.VN - Minister Counsellor Nguyen Phuong Tra, deputy permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, has called on the international community, including regional countries, to continue supporting the political process in Haiti and to assist Haitian people in overcoming current difficulties.

VOV.VN - A State-level funeral was held for Truong Vinh Trong, former Politburo member, former Deputy Prime Minister and former Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs, at the great hall of the Ben Tre provincial People’s Committee and the National Funeral Hall on Hanoi on February 21 morning.

VOV.VN - Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich hosted a reception on February 19 for Chinese State Councillor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception in Hanoi on February 19 for Chinese State Councillor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi, who is on a Vietnam visit to chair the seventh meeting on crime prevention and control between the two Ministries of Public Security.