Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has signed the first-ever regulations on specific standards and assessment criteria for officials under the management of the Party Central Committee, Politburo and Secretariat. 

 Leaders of Cambodia hailed their country’s relations with Vietnam during separate meetings with Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man in Phnom Penh on August 14.

 Lawmakers of Vietnam and Thailand should continue to share common viewpoints and support each other in issues of common concern at international and regional inter-parliamentary forums.

 President of the National Legislative Assembly of Thailand Pornpetch Wichitcholchai and his spouse on August 13 began a four-day official visit to Vietnam.

 Vietnam and Indonesia discussed specific measures to advance their friendship and multi-faceted cooperation during the seventh meeting of the joint committee on economic, scientific and technological cooperation on August 12.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will pay an official visit to Thailand from August 17-19.  

 The National Assembly’s Standing Committee (NASC) on Thursday rubbished a proposal to abandon a criminal records form, stressing its irreplaceable role in criminal investigations.

 As many as 2,600 delegates will make it to the third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting and related meetings (SOM 3) expected to open in HCM City next Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has announced.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man had a meeting with Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou on August 11 as part of his working visit to Laos. 

The fulfilment of GDP growth of 6.7 percent in 2017 requires high political determination from ministries and departments as well as corporations, businesses and people, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed.

More than 2,600 trees of over 100 fauna species in 52 province and cities have been recognised as heritage trees of Vietnam since the title recognition was initiated in 2010.

The Ministry of Health will chair seven meetings on health-related issues during the third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting and related meetings scheduled for August 18-30 in Ho Chi Minh City,.

A high-ranking delegation from Hanoi led by Vice Secretary of its Party Committee Dao Duc Toan has paid a working tour starting July 31 to Belarus, Latvia and Croatia.

Vietnam always attaches importance and gives top priority to consolidating and developing the good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, and comprehensive, sustainable, long-term cooperation with Cambodia.

The embassy of Vietnam in Japan and the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange presented the Friendship Order to Masako Sakata in recognition of her dedication to the campaign “Actions for Vietnamese AO victims”. 

 Party General Secretary and President of Laos Bounnhang Volachith praised the effective cooperation between the front organisations of Vietnam and Laos.

 Vietnam and Hanoi in particular always value promoting ties with ASEAN member states, including Thailand, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan said.

 A high-level military delegation led by Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich made an official visit to the US from August 7-10.

 ASEAN at 50

 Numerous issues will be discussed at the 13th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee that opened in Hanoi on August 10.