The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee decided on October 16 to extend the pilot e-visa programme for foreign visitors to Vietnam by another two years.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has proposed not to suspend the imports of cryptocurrency mining machines (HS code 8471.80.90) in order to ensure the production and business activities of enterprises.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh received Mongolian Minister of Justice and Home Affairs Tsend Nyamdorj, who is on a working visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on October 15.
A seminar on the preparations for the review of Vietnam’s initial report on the implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Torture took place in Hanoi on October 15-16.
A programme for justice and legal empowerment in Vietnam supported by the European Union (EU) was launched in Hanoi on October 12.
Vietnam and Japan will closely cooperate with each other to bring forward their extensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia into a new period of more comprehensive and pragmatic development, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs plans to submit a report to the municipal People’s Committee on the best ways to protect children and help them live in a safe, healthy and inclusive environment.
The Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security has considered proposing a demerit point system to tackle driving offences.
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with Clingendael Academy of the Netherlands opened a training course for Vietnamese officials on the implementation of the UN Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) at the academy on October 1.
Three drug traffickers were arrested in the northern mountainous province of Son La on September 27.
Memorial services for President Tran Dai Quang were held in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the President’s home province of Ninh Binh on the morning of September 27.
Sen. Lieut. Gen. To Lam, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security, has highlighted President Tran Dai Quang’s contributions to the cause of protection of security and order of Vietnam in an article written in commemoration of the leader.
President Tran Dai Quang signed a letter to Vietnamese children on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival. He did not know that it would be his last signature.
The Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, the President, the Government and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front have issued a special communiqué, announcing that President Tran Dai Quang died at 10:05am on September 21, 2018, and his funeral will be held as a national mourning.
Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang passed away at 10:05am on September 21 in Hanoi.
A short-term course providing lessons on Vietnamese language for staff of the General Department of Politics under the Public Security Ministry of Laos opened in Vientiane on September 20.
The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has begun criminal proceedings against the case of violating provisions on the management and use of State assets that causes losses and wastefulness, as well as a number of organisations and individuals in Ho Chi Minh City related to Phan Van Anh Vu (alias Vu Nhom).
Super Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest typhoon so far this year, is predicted to hit Vietnam’s northern region on September 17 morning and bring heavy downpours and strong winds to 27 northern and north central provinces and cities.
