Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- The 15th National Assembly (NA) on June 6 elected via secret ballots Nguyen Thi Thanh as NA Vice Chairwoman and approved the Prime Minister's proposal to appoint Le Thanh Long as Deputy Prime Minister and Luong Tam Quang as Minister of Public Security, all for the 2021-2026 term, during its on-going seventh plenary session.
Specifically, Thanh received 465 "yes" votes from 467 deputies participating in the voting. One deputy voted against and one did not vote. Read full story
- President To Lam on June 6 chaired a ceremony to announce and present appointment decisions to the new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Security for the 2021 – 2026 tenure.
Authorised by the President, Chairman of the Presidential Office Le Khanh Hai announced the President’s decisions on the appointment of Le Thanh Long as the Deputy PM and Sen. Lt. Gen. Luong Tam Quang as Minister of Public Security. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested FedEx Express expand activities in Vietnam and invest in the Long Thanh international airport in the southern province of Dong Nai at his reception for the US-based company's President and CEO Richard W. Smith in Hanoi on June 6.
The Government leader said the US is an important strategic partner of Vietnam, particularly in economy and trade. The US is currently Vietnam's largest export market, and bilateral trade has surpassed 100 billion USD for two consecutive years. In September 2023, the countries upgraded their relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership, creating new opportunities and momentum for cooperation across many fields. Read full story
- Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of the CPV Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung received visiting New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters in Hanoi on June 6.
Praising Vietnam's development achievements and its foreign policy of independence, Peters affirmed that New Zealand has treasured the nation’s increasing role in the region and international arena, especially within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Read full story
- Vietnam is deeply concerned about and resolutely opposes the illegal survey operations conducted by vessel Hai Yang 26 of China in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf as established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982), Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on June 6.
The spokesperson made the statement in response to reporters' questions regarding the illegal survey conducted by the vessel of the Chinese Navy in Vietnamese waters at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi. Read full story
- Though the 2023 EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World reflected some achievements and progress Vietnam has made in protecting human rights, it continued to put forth a number of unobjective comments, Spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on June 6.
Such comments were based on inaccurate information and failed to reflect the reality in the country, Hang said while responding to a reporter's query about the report at the ministry’s regular press conference. Read full story
- A Vietnamese female student named Nguyen Bich Ngoc in France who was reported to go missing since January 2024 has been confirmed dead by French authorities, spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang said on June 6.
At the ministry's regular press conference, the spokesperson said as soon as receiving information that Ngoc had not contacted her family since January, the Vietnamese Embassy in France notified the French police to search for her and coordinated with Vietnamese representative agencies in neighbouring countries to closely follow the incident. Read full story
- Vietnam came back from time to time to secure a 3-2 victory over the Philippines in the World Cup qualifier at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on June 6 evening.
The win keeps Vietnam's hopes alive for advancing to the next round of World Cup qualifiers, as they now trail Indonesia by just one point./. Read full story
