Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will pay an official visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan from October 16-18, aiming to enhance cooperation between the two countries and their legislative ties. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has led a high-ranking NA delegation of Vietnam to attend the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-137) that officially opened in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on October 14.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that the Party and State have issued timely policies to support farmers’ development as the globalization process has posed challenges and impacts to agricultural production and business.

Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh had meeting with UN Deputy Secretary General and Head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operation and Director of the UN Mine Action Service in New York, on October 13.

Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said that during the APEC Year 2017 event Vietnam is expected to welcome tens of thousands of delegates and organize about 200 events across the country.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked for clarifying specific responsibilities of local authorities, Party units, collectives and individuals in forest management and protection via strict measures. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has underlined the urgent need to restructure public sector organizations in a way that promotes the private sector’s involvement in those public services.

The Hanoi Party Committee convened its tenth meeting on October 13 to review the city’s socio-economic performance during January-September and put forth measures to fulfill targets set for the remaining months of this year and the next years. 

 Vietnamese and Indonesian defence ministries signed a Declaration on Joint Vision on Defence Cooperation for 2017-2022 following talks between the two Defence Ministers in Jakarta on October 13. 

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, head of the Vietnam ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM), attended the ASEAN Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) in Manila, the Philippines on October 11-13. 

 The Vietnam-Russia Inter-Governmental Committee on Military Technical Cooperation convened its 19th meeting in Hanoi on Thursday.

The National Assembly (NA) will vote for new Government inspector general and minister of transport at its next meeting set for late this month, said the NA chairwoman, according to the local media. 

To streamline the Party and State organizational structures, the 12th Party Central Committee has agreed to close the steering committees for the northwest, central highlands and southwest regions.

Vietnam is ready for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, which is scheduled to take place in the central coastal city of Da Nang from November 6-11, Deputy Minister of Public Security Bui Van Nam said.

Vietnam wishes that Cambodia will continue making it easier in terms of legal conditions and adopting proper measures to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese Cambodians in the country.

All facility preparations, including hotels as well as conference and media centres, for the APEC Economic Leaders' Week are basically completed, the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.

 The Government projects a GDP growth of 6.7 percent in 2017 in a report submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee on October 12 during the Committee’s 15th session in Hanoi. 

The Vietnam-Russia Inter-Governmental Committee on Military Technical Cooperation convened its 19th meeting in Hanoi on October 12. 

 Vietnam’s presence at the IPU-137 and related meetings will confirm the country’s active participation in multilateral parliamentary activities and help promote its legislature’s role at the IPU forum.

 The 12thCommunist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) adopted the resolution of the sixth plenary session at the end of the closing meeting on the morning of October 11.