Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Party General Secretary To Lam has called on young National Assembly deputies to spread the spirit of innovation, pushing for reform in electoral mechanism, voter engagement, and the use of modern technology to improve legislative activities.
During a meeting in Hanoi on June 24 with members of the 15th-tenure Young National Assembly Deputies Group on the occasion of its 10th anniversary, Lam called on young parliamentarians to immerse themselves at the grassroots level, especially in communes and wards, to pinpoint inefficiencies and outdated mechanisms. Their insights, he said, are crucial to streamlining Vietnam’s legal and administrative frameworks for a more responsive governance system. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Premier Li Qiang held talks in Tianjin on June 24, reaching a shared understanding to effectively implement high-level common perceptions between the top leaders of the two Parties and countries, and to translate the outcomes of recent high-level exchanges into concrete results.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (WEF Tianjin 16), during PM Chinh’s working visit to China. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had meetings with leading corporations of China on June 24 to discuss advancing cooperation with Vietnam in infrastructure development, finance, trade, and investment.
The event took place as part of his working trip to China, during which he attends the 16th Annual Meeting on the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Tianjin (WEF Tianjin). Read full story
- The 15th National Assembly passed a resolution on special mechanisms to address inconsistencies arising from legal regulations, with 397 out of the 411 deputies present, or 83.05% of the total, voting in favour, during its ongoing 9th session in Hanoi on June 24.
The resolution, covering seven articles, delineates clear criteria, principles, procedures, and responsibilities for resolving problems caused by legal regulations. It notes that matters concerning human rights and citizens’ fundamental rights and obligations governed by law, the restriction of human rights and citizens' rights, crimes and punishments, judicial proceedings, and basic principles on apparatus organisation are not subject to the mechanisms stipulated in the resolution. Read full story
- The relationship between the Parties and States of Vietnam and Cambodia has grown deeper and more effective across all fields, becoming a shared asset of both nations and contributing to a peaceful, stable, and long-term development environment, according to a Cambodian scholar.
Uch Leang, Acting Director of the Department of Asian, African, and Middle East Studies under the International Relations Institute of Cambodia at the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC), affirmed that the bilateral relationship has developed continuously in a comprehensive manner. Read full story
- As Vietnam grows faster on the global economic stage, the need for sustainability is becoming more urgent. ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) principles are now seen not just as international standards but as essential strategies.
“ESG is not a trend – it is an essential strategy,” said Sam Hanna, former CEO & Vice President of Strategy at ASEAN Shell Global Lubricants and current Director of the EMBA programme at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)./. Read full story
