The Government has issued a resolution on State apparatus reform with an aim to cut down the number of agencies and civil servants in 2021 by 10% compared to 2015, news website Vneconomy reports.

 The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat has decided to dismiss Le Phuoc Thanh from the position of Secretary of the Quang Nam provincial Party Committee for the 2010-2015 tenure. 

 Malaysia will consider receiving more skilled Vietnamese labourers and create favourable legal procedures for workers from the country, said Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Anifah Aman.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith and Chairwoman of the country’s National Assembly Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on February 5.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung met on February 5 with Marten van den Berg, Director General for Foreign Economic Relations at the Netherlands’ Foreign Ministry, calling for more support in smart city building.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi on the evening of February 5, finishing his activities within the framework of the 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee in Vientiane, Laos.

Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh met with Singaporean Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan in Singapore on February 5.

Singapore will help Vietnam develop a roadmap for transforming industries and improving digital management and business capacity.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Deputy Minister of National Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh are leading Vietnamese delegations to the AMM Retreat and ADMM Retreat in Singapore on February 4-6.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith co-chaired the 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee in Vientiane, Laos, on February 5.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Wattay international airport in Laos’s capital city of Vientiane on the morning of February 4 for the 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-government Committee to which he is the co-chair.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh has had a working visit to Florida and Arkansas States of the US to boost partnerships between the localities and Vietnam, especially in economy, trade, investment and education.

 Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiaoyong has been awarded the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations”, the most notable reward of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO).

 The Central Committees of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) have sent messages of congratulations to the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee over the CPV’s 88th founding anniversary. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has required every sector to build quarterly growth scenario completed with specific plans, solutions and task assignment, to submit to him before the Lunar New Year (February 16, 2018). 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has defended the Government’s call to prioritise domestic products following the scandal last year involving Khaisilk’s false claims that it sold “made in Viet Nam” goods.

 New Year 2018 had a better beginning than the same period in 2017, regarding some indicators, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said at the Government meeting for January.

 The 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee, scheduled to take place in Laos on February 4 and 5, will review the implementation of the two counties’ cooperation plan in 2017 and set tasks for this year.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception for the diplomatic corps in Hanoi on January 31, calling for continued support from foreign diplomats to help Vietnam deepen its international relations.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc appreciated the United Nations’ assistance for Vietnam in implementing Millennium Development Goals while receiving UN Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Gerda Verburg on January 31.