Government
National e-Document Exchange Platform launched
Việt Nam is a step close to a digital government and economy. The Government Office has launched the National e-Document Exchange Platform, a move towards a new-look and modern government. The launch of the platform is an important breakthrough in the sending and receipt of ...
VNS Reporter
VN to reduce number of districts, communes
The National Assembly Standing Committee approved a resolution on Wednesday, creating legal foundations for reduction of administrative units at district and communal levels. At present, Viet Nam’s administration is devided into central, provincial, district and communal levels. Keep reading ...
Minh Duyen
Vietnam says investigating cause of boat's sinking in contested waters
Vietnam is seeking clarification of how a fishing boat came to sink this week in the contested South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, days after a local rescue agency said it was rammed by a Chinese vessel. Keep reading ...
James Pearson
Chinese vessel sinks Vietnamese fishing boat near Hoang Sa
A Vietnamese fishing boat was hit and sunk by a Chinese ship off Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago in the East Vietnam Sea on Wednesday, local authorities have confirmed.The Vietnamese ship was operating near Da Loi (Discovery) Reef in Hoang Sa, around 198 nautical miles off the ...
Tuoi Tre News Reporter
Government orders cutting 10 percent of regular budget spending
The Government has issued a programme on practising thrift and fighting wastefulness in 2019, with one of the measures requiring cutting 10 percent of regular budget spending. The programme emphasizes tightening fiscal-budgetary discipline and strictly following the budget estimates approved by the National Assembly. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
'Dirty money' in the Mekong region is about 100 billion USD / year
That is the information given by Chris Batt, UNODC’s adviser against money laundering / counter-terrorism financing at the workshop “Enhancing compliance awareness on money laundering prevention, terrorism financing and multilateral assessment processes.”Continue reading ...
Vietnam, U.S. leaders discuss South China Sea issue
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong on February 27 held talks with US President Donald Trump, who is in Hanoi for the second DPRK-USA summit. The two leaders discussed various concerned regional and international issues, including ...
VNA Reporter
DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit to help enhance Vietnam’s position
The upcoming DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam will be an unprecedented event held in Vietnam, demonstrating the country’s willingness to contribute to dialogue towards maintaining peace, security and stability on the Korean Peninsula as well as in the region and the world.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Hà Nội ready for historic Trump-Kim meeting
Hà Nội had been pulling out the stops to prepare for the second Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) – United States (US) Summit which will take place from February 27 to 28.Read more ...
Peacekeeping force affirms Vietnam’s position
Vietnam’s participation in the UN’s peacekeeping mission is a breakthrough in implementing the Party’s consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation and development, stated Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh.In October 2018, Vietnam’s first level-2 field hospital, the first-ever independent unit ...
