Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh held working sessions with Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev yesterday. 

 China’s announcement of launching a live-fire drill in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago is a serious violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the archipelago, said the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc and Cuban First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcelino Medina Gonzalez co-chaired the fourth political consultation at the Deputy Foreign Minister level in Hanoi on September 5.

 The 20th Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference is taking place in Canada on September 4-6 under the theme “The Future Security Environment: Challenges, Complexity and Cooperation”.

 A delegation of lawmakers will supervise the implementation of laws and policies on the management and use of foreign loans.

 A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) is attending the 20th Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference in Canada from September 4-6. 

 The Coast Guard ship Badaro of the Republic of Korea (RoK) docked at Tien Sa port on September 4 for a four-day trip to the central city of Da Nang.

 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s official visit to Vietnam from September 6-7 is expected to usher in a new chapter in the bilateral relationship, according to Egypt’s Al Messa daily on September 3.

 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on September 2 posted a status on his Facebook praising the patriotism and nationalism of late President Ho Chi Minh to commemorate him on the occasion of his 48th death anniversary.

 High-ranking leaders of Vietnam and Laos have agreed to give the top priority to developing and lifting the two countries’ relationship to a new height in a practical, effective and quality manner, President Tran Dai Quang has said.

 President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will make a State visit to Vietnam on September 6-7.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Thach Du highlighted cooperation attainments between the two countries in recent times at a banquet hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh 1 to celebrate the 72nd National Day of Vietnam.

 President Ho Chi Minh on September 2, 1945 read the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming Vietnam’s independence and the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 

 World leaders have continued sending messages of congratulations to Vietnamese leaders on the country’s 72nd National Day (September 2).

 President Tran Dai Quang on Sept. 1 presented decisions to promote officers of the Vietnam People’s Army to the rank of Senior Lieutenant General and Lieutenant General. 

 Politburo member Pham Minh Chinh met Chairman of the House of Councillors of Japan Date Chuichi and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono in Tokyo on August 30, the last day of his working visit to Japan. 

 The 25-storey German House project, which is located at the centre of District 1 in the southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City, will welcome the first guests on September 5.

The third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM3) and related meetings wrapped up in Ho Chi Minh City on August 30 after 13 days of working. 

The Hanoi City People’s Committee signed a Memorandum of Understanding on forming friendly and cooperative relations with the US state of Utah on August 30. 

If development tasks are not implemented in a drastic manner in September and the fourth quarter of 2017, they might not be achieved, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at the Government’s August regular meeting yesterday.